Overview
- The Texas Education Agency released grades 3–8 STAAR results Tuesday showing statewide reading largely unchanged from 2025 while math and some social studies scores edged up.
- Tarrant County lagged the state, with 51% of students reading on grade level and 41% meeting math standards, and its third graders trailed statewide third‑grade reading rates at 46% versus 49%.
- Dallas County posted small, steady gains since 2025, with reading up 1 percentage point and math up 2 points, and local analysis credits sustained instructional focus for the improvement.
- State officials have already moved to enforce accountability actions in low‑performing districts, the TEA announced a Parent Access to Supplemental Supports tutoring subsidy for struggling third‑grade readers, and the commissioner suggested the statewide cellphone ban may have helped middle school reading.
- Lawmakers have set a timeline to replace STAAR with a three‑point, through‑year Student Success Tool in 2027–28, TEA will release remaining science scores and finalize validated results after upcoming district rescores, and those steps could shift how schools track growth and trigger accountability actions.