TX HB890

Replaces Texas's current STAAR end-of-course exams with nationally recognized assessments, allowing school districts to select from options including the SAT, ACT, Iowa Assessments, or other commissioner-designated instruments for both grades 3-8 and high school levels

Eliminates specific end-of-course exams in Algebra I, Biology, English I, English II, and U.S. History, replacing them with district-selected secondary-level assessments in English language arts, mathematics, and science as required by federal law

Requires vendors rather than the state agency to administer, score, and distribute assessment results, with districts responsible for notifying students and parents of results

Establishes a transition plan beginning with students entering ninth grade in the 2025-2026 school year, while maintaining existing end-of-course requirements for students already in high school during the transition period (expiring September 1, 2029)

Mandates that if federal Every Student Succeeds Act requirements are reduced, the State Board of Education must correspondingly reduce state assessment requirements to meet only minimum federal standards