Erika De La Rosa was excited when she heard about the sweeping changes to the STAAR exam. "When they initially announced it, as an English teacher, it sounded like a fantastic idea because writing ...

Shellie Ross of Wesley Rankin Community Center (right, holding “Reach for the STAARS” sign) takes part in a pep rally to welcome students at Edison Middle Learning Center on STAAR testing day. Erika ...

The numbers for the state's fourth-grade writing tests should be out, but they are not because there is a problem with the scores. State school leaders held up grading of tests to check reliability of ...

Author and literary agent Alexandra Penfold can speak firsthand on how standardized testing shouldn’t define young students. One of her tweets from July 2018 about academic performance is making its ...

The Kendallville Public Library will host the 28th Annual Kleiman Creative Writing Contest, open to all fourth through sixth grade students. From January through March, students can create ...

Wescott School fourth-grader Paityn Han is among five winners across the nation in Storyworks Magazine’s February edition of the Scholastic Writing Contest. According to a news release, teachers at ...