The most recent state
assessment results show that the achievement gap between African American and white students is 30 percentage points for 3rd grade English Language Arts and 33 percentage points for
Algebra 1 — two academic benchmarks often used to project college and career
readiness.
District and campus leaders set out to address a lack of student growth in middle school math performance, insufficient
readiness for
Algebra I, and a deep - seated apathy toward math as demonstrated by stagnant student growth on state
assessments, local benchmarks, and student survey data.
In 2016 - 2017, the State of Texas
Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) was used to test students in reading and math in grades 3 through 8; in writing in grades 4 and 7; in science in grades 5 and 8; in social studies in grade 8; and end - of - course assessments for English I and II, Algebra I and II, biology and
Assessments of Academic
Readiness (STAAR) was used to test students in reading and math in grades 3 through 8; in writing in grades 4 and 7; in science in grades 5 and 8; in social studies in grade 8; and end - of - course
assessments for English I and II, Algebra I and II, biology and
assessments for English I and II,
Algebra I and II, biology and US History.