Education
BY HALEY VELASCO
Clear Creek ISD sees improvement in college, career, military readiness
Diving in deeper
Despite the improvement in CCMR scores, CCISD has encountered challenges regarding the state’s CCMR accountability system. Some of the challenges Silva noted include: • Meeting CCMR state expectations as they continue to change annually with new tweaks to the expectations • Shifts in student pathways and coursework can negatively impact a district’s CCMR percentage score • The lag in CCMR accountability data making it harder to assess • Reporting military readiness for students who enlist in the armed forces relies on self-reporting from students, which leads to inconsistencies and gaps in data
After recent state reports presented in February showed Clear Creek ISD trailing the state in the percentage of students who are considered college, career and military ready, or CCMR, officials have taken steps to improve in these areas. Those efforts, officials said in March, are paying off, as district staff is expecting to see an increase of roughly 20 percentage points in the number of students who are classified as CCMR. The 2023-24 Texas Accountability Performance Report, or TAPR, results, were released in December by the Texas Education Agency. They lag behind by a year with the latest data being from the 2022-23 school year, in which CCISD scored 66.8% for CCMR. Dating back to the 2019-20 school year, CCISD has either been at par or behind the state average, data shows. Despite that, CCISD officials said that score has risen to 87% with its 2024 class. This comes after district officials and campus leaders worked to address CCMR concerns in spring 2023, in preparation for the 2023-24 school year, Susan Silva, CCISD’s assistant superintendent of teaching and learning, said in a March 14 email. Students can earn a CCMR indicator by meeting criteria for exams, including Advanced Placement, and International Baccalaureate, as well as taking dual credit courses and earning an industry-based certification, among other options, according to the TEA’s 2024 Accountability Manual.
State Region 4 Clear Creek ISD Percentage of CCISD students who are college, career and military ready
0%
50%
100%
72.9% 72%
79.3%
63% 61.1%
63.1%
65.2%
61.9% 64%
What to expect
70% 66.7%
Solutions the district has implemented to account for changes made by the state include dedicating a few district officials to monitor changes by the TEA, Silva said. The district uses a system to track and target student progress, as well as courses that give students a first look at career pathways, Silva said. “All the instructional programs in CCISD are designed to prepare students for whatever they decide to do,” Silva said.
62.9%
76.3%
73.9%
66.8%
87%
*DATA FOR THE STATE AND HOUSTON REGION FOR THE 2023-24 SCHOOL YEAR WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL THE 2025 TAPR RESULTS ARE RELEASED IN LATE 2025.
SOURCES: CLEAR CREEK ISD, TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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