Education
BY WESLEY GARDNER
Humble ISD sees boost in STAAR scores
Stacking up scores Humble ISD’s State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness scores for spring 2023 showed improvement in seven of the 12 math and reading tests administered to English-speaking students compared to 2022 scores.
The percentage of Humble ISD students approaching grade level either improved or remained within 4 percentage points of 2022 scores for the spring administration of the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, according to results released Aug. 16. Diving in deeper Public school students must perform to at least the standard of approaching grade level to pass the test. Of the 22 total tested subject areas: • HISD improved in 12 subjects from 2022 to 2023 and saw no change for two subjects. • Eighth grade reading students scored the highest, while the lowest-scoring group was the fifth grade science test administered to Spanish-speaking students. • Fifth grade math administered to Spanish-speaking students saw the most improvement from 2022 to 2023.
Put in perspective Because the STAAR was redesigned in 2023, officials said this year’s scores cannot be directly compared to those of previous years. According to House Bill 3906, the STAAR was taken almost exclusively online for the first time this spring, and students took the writing exam, which was not administered last year, as part of the reading and language arts assessment. HB 3906 in 2019 mandated a redesign to “better align the test with classroom instruction,” officials said. HISD officials did not respond to requests for comment as of press time. Zooming out Statewide, students have recovered from reading learning loss due to the pandemic, according to the Texas Education Agency. However, data shows schools are struggling to bring math scores to prepandemic levels.
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SOURCE: TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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