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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas House Bill 298 Requires Transition to a New Student Assessment Program in Public Schools
Last action · August 11, 2025: FiledSponsor: Sergio Muñoz
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What This Bill Proposed
Beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, the Texas Education Agency must transition the statewide student assessment program from STAAR to an that provides progress monitoring. The legislation sets mandatory administration timelines, requires teacher review of test items for bias and readability, and establishes reporting requirements for student assessment results.
Public school districts, charter schools, teachers, and students across Texas face changes in how academic progress is tested, monitored, and reported under new statewide assessment and accountability standards.
- The State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) has served as the state's primary student testing program for public school accountability since 2012. context
- The Texas Education Agency oversees the administration of academic assessments and public school accountability ratings across Texas school districts. context
Who It Would Have Affected
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Public school districts and charter schools
Districts and charter schools must administer new beginning-, middle-, and end-of-year assessment instruments and comply with updated reporting timelines.
Teachers
Teachers receive student assessment results, participate on review committees to evaluate test items, and use diagnostic reports for instructional strategies.
Students
Students transition from taking STAAR exams to participating in through-year progress monitoring assessments.
Parents
Parents receive student assessment results, instructional guidance, and retain the option to request paper format tests.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
1 action- Aug 11, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Shift from STAAR to Through-Year Assessment
The legislation mandates a wholesale replacement of the traditional STAAR testing model with an instructionally supportive assessment program emphasizing through-year progress monitoring.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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