By George Scott * 281-818-7872
Project Director, Academic Equity Advocates * ghscott2050@aol.com
The following data files focus explicitly on the achievement gaps between at-risk and not at-risk students in over 60 school districts in the 2018-19 STAAR testing cycle throughout Texas.
Why 2018-19 and why just at-risk students?
- It is rational and statistically reasonable to consider the last NON COVID impacted academic year to be extremely valuable in evaluating the following years including the current testing cycle of 2023-24 when those results become available fairly soon.
- For statutory and judicial reasons discussed in other columns on AEA, the bottom-line statutory and judicial burdens of Texas to close achievement gaps among student populations can be well illustrated in just focusing upon at-risk and not at-risk students.
- Data tables which follow will also report on 2018-19 along with the NON COVID recovery year of 2021-22 also will include all statistically major ethnic categories as well as economically disadvantaged students.
- Statewide data tables for a broader range of student profiles for 2022-23 have been provided as well as have performance in Katy I.S.D.
- As soon as the ongoing academic year of 2023-24 testing results are published, they will be added.
- All-together, the period of 2018-19 through 2022-23 provides all the evidence that is needed to document the incredible deception and academic dishonest of the TEA’s student testing and accountability system in the context of closing achievement gaps for constitutionally protected children statistically dominated by children of color. 2023-24 results can hardly ‘envision’ a dramatic change.
PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS BELOW GRADE LEVEL AND THE PERCENTAGE OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AT-RISK AND NOT AT-RISK.
In addition to the State of Texas results, the student performance is shown for the following school districts because it is a tragedy that reaches into every region of Texas in districts large, medium, and smaller.:
Aldine, Alief, Allen, Alvin, Amarillo, Arlington, Austin, Beaumont, Birdville, Brownsville, Carrollton Farmers Branch, Clear Creek, Comal, Conroe, Corpus Christi, Cypress-Fairbanks, Denton, Ector County, Edinburg, El Paso, Fort Bend, Fort Worth, Frisco, Galena Park, Garland, Goose Creek, Grand Prairie, Houston, Humble, Hurst Euless Bedford, Irving, Judson, Katy, Keller, Killeen, and Klein.
Also: LaJoya, Lamar CISD, Laredo, Leander, Lewisville, Lubbock, Mansfield, McAllen, McKinney, Mesquite, Midland, North East, Northside, Northwest, Pasadena, Pearland, Pflugerville, Pharr San Juan Alamo, Plano, Richardson, Round Rock, San Antonio, Spring, Spring Branch, United, and Ysleta.
IMPORTANT LINKS TO ACTUAL DATA
At-Risk Equity Gaps Grades 3-8 STAAR READING
At-Risk Equity Gaps Grades 3-8 STAAR MATH
At-Risk Equity Gaps Grades 7 STAAR WRITING
At-Risk Equity Gaps Grade 8 STAAR SCIENCE
At-Risk Equity Gaps Grade 8 STAAR SOCIAL STUDIES
At-Risk Equity Gaps STAAR STAAR END OF COURSE – ENGLISH I
At-Risk Equity Gaps STAAR STAAR END OF COURSE – ENGLISH II
At-Risk Equity Gaps STAAR STAAR END OF COURSE – ALGEBRA I
At-Risk Equity Gaps STAAR STAAR END OF COURSE – BIOLOGY
At-Risk Equity Gaps STAAR STAAR END OF COURSE – U.S. HISTORY