Education
BY DANICA LLOYD & DAVE MANNING
Cy-Fair ISD STAAR results show math gains, reading declines
After grades 3-8 had across-the-board standard- ized test score improvements from 2021 to 2022 in Cy-Fair ISD, the district did not see the same levels of academic growth from 2022 to 2023, according to State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readi- ness results released Aug. 16. 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,” Texas Education Agency ocials said. Assessments emphasized writing skills, and this was the rst year tests were administered almost exclusively online. Families can view their child’s individual exam scores at www.texasassessment.gov. Statewide, students have recovered from reading and language arts learning loss due to the pandemic, according to an Aug. 16 TEA news release. Meanwhile, Texas schools are struggling
to bring math scores to prepandemic levels. The breakdown • The percentage of CFISD students passing reading exams slightly declined in third, fourth, seventh and eighth grade but stayed the same or improved in grades ve and six. • Math passage rates improved in grades three through six and eight but dropped from 72% to 69% in seventh grade. • Science passage rates dropped for both grades tested—76% to 71% in fth and 83% to 81% in eighth. • Eighth-grade social studies passage rates dropped from 72% to 71%. • Passage rates in four of the ve high school end- of-course subjects—Algebra 1, English 1, biology and U.S. history—increased this spring compared to last year in CFISD. English 2 passage rates dropped from 83% to 82%.
STAAR passage rates Cy-Fair ISD math passage rates improved year over year while reading passage rates declined.
Spring 2022
Spring 2023
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100% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Reading 3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade 6th grade 7th grade 8th grade Math 3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade 6th grade 7th grade 8th grade
SOURCE: TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCYCOMMUNITY IMPACT
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