# Texas Schools Triple STAAR Rescore Requests

> Texas schools tripled requests to rescore reading exam essays after automated grading system launch.
- Title: Texas Schools Triple STAAR Rescore Requests | Shortify
- Summary: Texas schools tripled requests to rescore reading exam essays after automated grading system launch. Texas schools submitted 64,489 requests to rescore…
- Keywords: texas, staar, reading exams, rescore requests, automated scoring, teaching, education, news, local, Schools, Triple, Rescore
- Source: The Texas Tribune — https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17491158/staar-scores-computer-grading-texas-schools
- Author: Megan Menchaca
- Published: 2026-10-07T10:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: texas, staar, reading exams, rescore requests, automated scoring, teaching, education, news, local
## STAAR Rescore Requests Triple
Texas schools submitted 64,489 requests to rescore reading exam essays in 2024, up from 2,758 in 2023.
## Automated Scoring System Launched
The Texas Education Agency began using an automated scoring engine in December 2023 to grade open-ended questions on reading exams.
## Human Review Process
Humans manually review a quarter of exam scores while computers grade 58% of responses.
## Rescore Requests Impact
More than 90% of rescoring requests saw reading exam scores increase for students.
## Educator Concerns
School administrators report growing disagreement with computer-graded scores.

> The tripling of requests to me says educators who read their students’ essays are increasingly disagreeing with the scores that are assigned.
## System Benefits
Automated scoring delivers faster results than manual review, saving $15-20 million annually.
## Key takeaway

Texas schools submitted 64,489 requests to rescore reading exam essays in 2024, up from 2,758 in 2023, as schools seek human review of computer-graded responses.