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Most San Antonio area school districts dropped a letter grade under the new ratings criteria adopted in 2023. They have stayed about the same since, according to newly released ratings for 2024 and 2025.
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Most San Antonio school districts did worse than last year in Algebra I, but slightly better or about the same in English I on this spring's high school STAAR exams, mirroring state results.
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If approved by Gov. Abbott, the bill would replace the annual test with shorter exams administered throughout the school year.
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House Bill 4 would make the test shorter and base scores on how students' performance compares to national averages.
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Five Texas school districts have filed a new lawsuit over the state’s methods for measuring academic accountability, putting a hold on Thursday’s planned release of A-F ratings.
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San Antonio ISD officials say the district’s standardized test results are not where they need to be, but they have a plan to improve them.
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The state will save more than $15 million by using technology similar to ChatGPT to give initial scores, reducing the number of human graders needed. The decision caught some educators by surprise.
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Test results have gone up since the pandemic in both subjects, but math scores are still below 2019 levels and about half of Texas students read below the level appropriate for most children in their grade.
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Students in the San Antonio region and across the state saw a big drop in their math STAAR tests this spring, following a year of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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There was a sharp decline in high school students considered “at grade level” based on the primary math exam.