Some Texas families and teachers criticize the end-of-the-year STAAR test for the enormous burdens it puts on students. They say the test is too long; it can take up to seven hours to finish. Some parents report their kids don’t want to go to school on testing days.

Several Dallas ISD magnet schools received top marks from the TEA. One Dallas ISD campus, School for the Talented and Gifted, received a ratings score of 100.

Texas Education Agency released accountability scores that show positive progress among most of the state's 1,200 districts.