Passing rates on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, generally improved for fifth-grade reading and math across Bexar County, but the eighth-grade results were mixed.

(NEXSTAR) — Are you smarter than a North Carolina fifth-grader taking their end-of-grade math test? As another new school year is underway, it’s never a bad idea to know what the kids are learning — ...