Education
BY DAVE MANNING
Fort Bend ISD continues to improve STAAR scores in 2023 for the STAAR on Aug. 16. Public school students must perform to at least the “approaches grade level” standard to pass. Families can view individ- ual exam scores at www.texasassessment.gov. Zooming out Fort Bend ISD STAAR scores See how 2023 standardized testing scores in Fort Bend ISD compared to the district’s 2022 scores. Spring 2022 Spring 2023 State Star passage rates
After grades 3-8 had shown improvements in math and science from 2021 to 2022 in Fort Bend ISD, the district continued its streak of increased academic growth—particularly in mathematics—in 2023, according to State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness results. The details • Scores stayed the same for reading grades third through fifth, increased by 6 percentage points in sixth grade, and dropped by 2 points for seventh and 1 point for eighth grade. • Math scores increased in all grades tested, most significantly in eighth grade and also in third, sixth and seventh grades. • Science scores remained largely unchanged year over year. • Scores in social studies also remained largely unchanged. The Texas Education Agency published results
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Statewide, students have recovered from reading and language arts learning loss due to the pandemic. Meanwhile, schools are struggling to bring scores to prepandemic levels in math, according to the TEA. STAAR standardized testing scores for all five high school end-of-course exam subjects—Algebra 1, English 1, English 2, biology and U.S. history— increased this spring compared to last year, show- ing continued academic recovery in the aftermath of pandemic-related disruptions. Because the STAAR was redesigned in 2023, this year’s scores cannot be directly compared to those of previous years. House Bill 3906 in 2019 man- dated a redesign “to better align with classroom instruction,” officials said.
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SOURCE: TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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