Texas Releases 3rd-8th Grade STAAR Results as 7th-Grade Math Pass Rates Slip
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Updated · KTRK-TV · Jun 16
Texas Releases 3rd-8th Grade STAAR Results as 7th-Grade Math Pass Rates Slip
3 articles · Updated · KTRK-TV · Jun 16
Summary
Houston-area STAAR results released Tuesday showed mixed performance for grades 3-8, with fewer third- and seventh-graders passing math than a year earlier and the sharpest decline in seventh grade.
The Texas Education Agency said that drop partly reflects more students taking the harder eighth-grade math exam early; statewide, 32% of seventh-graders took it this spring, up from 16% in 2023.
Sixth- and eighth-grade math scores generally improved across Conroe, Cy-Fair, Fort Bend, Houston and Katy ISD, while reading was weaker in third and fourth grade but rose in fifth, seventh and eighth.
Eighth-grade social studies scores also improved from last year, and results for grades 5-7 in that subject are due at the end of July.
Because STAAR results help shape Texas policy and district autonomy, educators said the high stakes can push schools to teach to the test and urged parents to focus on their own child's scores.