{"id":330752,"date":"2026-06-10T15:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/330752\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T15:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:03:12","slug":"spring-2026-staar-eoc-scores-rise-statewide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/330752\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2026 STAAR EOC scores rise statewide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas  \u2014 Texas students improved on all five State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness end-of-course (EOC) exams in Spring 2026, the <a href=\"https:\/\/tea.texas.gov\/about-tea\/newsroom\/tea-releases-spring-2026-staarr-end-course-assessment-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Texas Education Agency said Wednesday.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Biology saw the biggest jump, with 71% of students meeting grade level. That is up nine percentage points from last year and above the 63% recorded before the pandemic. <\/p>\n<p>Algebra I rose seven points to 54%, though it remains below its pre-pandemic mark of 62%. <\/p>\n<p>English I, English II and U.S. History also posted gains, with 70% of students meeting grade level in U.S. History, though that subject also remains below pre-pandemic performance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These results reflect the hard work of Texas students, educators and families and demonstrate that focused instruction and high expectations continue to produce positive outcomes,&#8221; said Commissioner Mike Morath. He suggested the legislature&#8217;s recent <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/central-texas-schools-start-the-new-year-with-a-new-cell-phone-ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">classroom cell phone ban<\/a> may have contributed to the gains.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/texas-senate-approves-85-billion-public-school-funding-bill-to-educators-support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PREVIOUS COVERAGE | Texas Senate approves $8.5 billion public school funding bill, to educators&#8217; support<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Results improved for economically disadvantaged students, emergent bilingual students and students receiving special education services across every subject. Economically disadvantaged students saw a seven-point jump in Algebra I, rising to 45% meeting grade level, while Biology climbed 10 points to 61% for that group.<\/p>\n<p>The gains come after recent <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/texas-senate-approves-85-billion-public-school-funding-bill-to-educators-support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">legislative investment<\/a> in Texas high schools, including House Bills 2 and 120 passed in 2025. <\/p>\n<p>Dual credit enrollment grew 87% from 2015 to 2024, and postsecondary credentials earned in high school rose 532% from 2018 to 2024, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/texas2036.org\/texas-staar-results-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Texas 2036<\/a>, a nonpartisan public policy organization.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Grade-level proficiency in foundational subjects like Algebra I and English is more than a snapshot in time,&#8221; said Mary Lynn Pruneda, Texas 2036&#8217;s director of education and workforce policy. &#8220;It is a direct indicator of long-term workforce readiness and economic opportunity for Texas students.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Grades 3-8 STAAR results are scheduled for public release Tuesday, June 16. Individual EOC results are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/TexasAssessment.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TexasAssessment.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Texas students improved on all five State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness end-of-course (EOC)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-330752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}