Community Impact reports that among grades 3-8 over the year in Conroe ISD, standardized test passage rates declined, according to the June 14th release of the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness results, or STAAR.
Between the spring 2023 and spring 2024 administrations of the STAAR, both statewide and Conroe ISD scores did not see much improvement in the rates of students approaching grade level—which is considered passing–in reading and math.
In spite of a decrease in English proficiency across grade levels, the end-of-course assessments among high school students saw improvement in algebra 1 and biology.
At their August 6th special meeting, CISD Deputy Superintendent Bethany Medford passed along STAAR results to the Conroe ISD Board of Trustees. In comparison of CISD to peer districts in the area, she said most CISD students still achieved at or above peer districts’ levels in regard to approaching the grade level score or higher.
Other results, coming from data from the Texas Education Agency on English versions of the tests:
–A decrease of at least 2 percentage points among reading passage rates in each CISD grade except for fourth grade.
–A decrease of at least 2 percentage points in the math passage rates among all CISD grade levels 3 -8.
