(The Center Square) – Student excitement about the legislature abolishing the annual statewide standardized test may be short lived. Instead of one test, students will soon have to take three.

HB 8, filed by state Rep. Brad Buckley, R-Salado, which eliminates the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) Test, has passed both chambers of the legislature after Gov. Greg Abbott added it to the special session agenda.