After rescoring STAAR exams, 11 Texas districts seeing A-F grades improve

05-09-2026 01:50 via feeds.texastribune.org

After rescoring STAAR exams, 11 Texas districts seeing A-F grades improve

The score changes are part of an annual process to review the accuracy of STAAR results, state officials said.

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