Education
BY SIERRA MARTIN & AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN
STAAR scores in San Marcos CISD show improvements San Marcos CISD’s school board met Aug. 21, when trustees received a presentation breaking down preliminary State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness scores, which showed slight growth but stand below state averages. SMCISD Director of Data and Accountability SMCISD STAAR results Students in the district scored below the state average in math and reading in every grade level in spring 2023. SMCISD State
Armed security requirement challenges Hays CISD The Hays CISD board of trustees met Aug. 28 to address how the district will com- ply with House Bill 3, a new law that requires an armed security officer on every campus. According to the resolution passed unani- mously by the board of trustees, the district is unable to comply. Jeri Skrocki, chief safety and security officer for HCISD, said she spoke with the Hays County Sheriff’s Office, and it lacks available personnel. What’s next? The board of trustees has claimed a good cause exception for HB 3 and will work to develop alternative standards the district is able to comply with.
Beth Nash noted the 2023 Accountability Manual, also known as A-F letter accountability ratings, has yet to be finalized. What parents should know “We still do not have the final, ‘What’s going to count? What is it going to look like? How will things be factored?’” she said. Nash also emphasized the Texas Education Agency does not compare one campus to another within the district but instead uses data to compare other campuses outside the district that are similar in demographics based on enrollment numbers, economically disadvantaged student percentages and other factors.
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SOURCE: TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
Hays CISD exceeds state standards in 2023 STAAR Hays CISD students in third to eighth grades per- formed above the state average in most subjects in the spring State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, based on results released from the Texas Education Agency on Aug. 16.
HCISD STAAR results Seventh grade didn’t exceed the state average.
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The gist Based on the data from the TEA, the subject HCISD students struggled to meet the most was seventh grade math, which at 51% fell 10 percent- age points below the state average of students who approached grade level. Parents can visit www.texasassessment.gov to see the specific STAAR results for their child.
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Results for assessments in mathematics, reading and language arts in third to eighth grades; fifth and eighth grade science; and eighth grade social studies were released to parents.
SOURCE: TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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