Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Math scores rise for Fort Worth ISD’s 1st, 2nd and 3rd graders, but improvement needed

A student takes a remedial math class at Haltom High School to study for the STAAR state standardized tests in a 2012 archive photo. Ron Jenkins Star-Telegram file photo First- through third-grade ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Fort Worth ISD mid-year academic performance shows promise in reading, gaps in math scores

The Fort Worth Independent School District Administration building, at 7060 Camp Bowie Blvd. Chris Torres [email protected] The Fort Worth Independent School District’s middle-of-the-year test ...
Seattle Times

Guest: Scrapping the MAP charts a course toward good teaching, not flawed testing

In an all-district email sent May 13, Superintendent José Banda wrote, “High schools may opt out of MAP in 2013-14.” The announcement led to celebrations at Garfield High School as students and ...
Houston Chronicle

HISD reports above average growth on reading, math NWEA MAP exams; below average science scores

Houston ISD’s elementary and middle school students achieved above average annual growth on the reading and math Northwest Evaluation Association's Measures of Academic Progress exams but below ...
Houston Chronicle

HISD elementary, middle school students at NES campuses see more growth on reading, math NWEA exams

Houston Independent School District elementary and middle school students in New Education System campuses saw slightly more growth in math and reading than students at non-NES campuses, according to ...