Education
BY ATIRIKTA KUMAR
STAAR performance dips in Cy-Fair ISD the state standardized test, including an emphasis on writing skills, the TEA’s website states. The STAAR has primarily been administered online since 2022-23.
Passage rate changes, 202324 The data shows the change in percentage points of students who passed the STAAR between the spring 2023 and spring 2024 administrations. Cy-Fair ISD Statewide -10 -5 0 +5 +10
Year-over-year standardized test passage rates declined across most subjects in grades 3-8 in Cy-Fair ISD, according to the State of Texas Assess- ments of Academic Readiness results released June 14. The state and district saw little improvement in the rates of students approaching grade level— which is considered passing—in reading and math between the spring 2023 and spring 2024 adminis- trations of the STAAR test. Statewide, students are still struggling with their math scores. The decrease in math prociency can be attributed to learning loss during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a June 14 news release from the Texas Education Agency. In case you missed it The STAAR was redesigned in 2023, and there were changes implemented in how tests were graded in 2024, according to the TEA’s website. In 2019, House Bill 3906 mandated a redesign of
The 2024 tests were graded almost exclusively by computers, which had human oversight, in an eort by the state to save money and make grading more ecient, according to the TEA’s website. The breakdown CFISD saw the biggest increase in passage rates in fourth-grade reading with 84% approaching grade level this year compared to 79% in 2023. The largest decrease in year-over-year perfor- mance in CFISD was on the fth-grade math test and on the eighth-grade science test. CFISD high school students showed no change in end-of-course exam passage rates in Algebra I and U.S. History. However, the district showed slight improvement in English II and Biology with a slight dip in English I passage rates.
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