TEA Stops Online STAAR Testing

The Texas Education Agency stopped online STAAR testing across the state Tuesday, saying the vendor was dealing with database issues that prevented students from taking the test. They told the districts to continue in-person testing but stop the online tests for ‘English I’ and fourth and seventh-grade reading. The TEA says some kids could not log in at the beginning of the test. Others were dealing with slow loading times, and some were able to start, but the system would freeze up when students began answering questions.