The Texas House has approved House Bill 8, paving the way to eliminate the STAAR exam and replace it with three shorter assessments starting in the 2027-28 school year.

The House accepted changes made by the state Senate in the second special session and the bill passed with a vote of 79-47 Wednesday night.

The Texas Education Agency uses STAAR, State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, assessment scores for accountability ratings of schools and districts.

The new testing format would replace the STAAR test for three shorter assessments at the beginning, middle and end-of-year. This means that districts will be able to track growth throughout the year instead of year-end to year-end.

Many administrators and teachers across North Texas agreed that the high-stakes, one-day-a-

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