Gary Nye, executive director of continuous improvement, presented the district’s academic assessment data for 2023 to the board of trustees Nov. 13.
Zooming in
About 23% of FISD graduates complete the ACT exam, Nye said. The scale for ACT is 1-36. In 2023, Frisco ISD students scored an average of 25, with the state average at 19.3 and the national average at 19.5, according to the presentation.
About 95% of FISD students take the SAT, Nye said.Under 50% of FISD students take an Advanced Placement, or AP, exam. Comparatively, 22% of students across the state take the exams, Nye said.What else?
The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, test students in grades 3-8 in reading and math. Additionally, fifth and eighth grade students are tested in science, while eighth graders are also tested in social studies.
On average, Frisco ISD students improved in most subjects in the spring 2023 administration of the STAAR.
Nye highlighted four main changes to STAAR for the 2022-23 school year, including:
- Transition to online assessments
- Incorporation of cross-curricular passages in reading and language arts
- Addition of new question types
- Inclusion of writing on all reading and language arts assessments
The release of A-F accountability ratings from the Texas Education Agency has been delayed after a district court temporarily blocked the agency from releasing the scores in October. More than 100 school districts, including FISD, sued the agency for not supplying districts with sufficient information on the performance measures. A final judgment trial begins Feb. 12.
FISD released its own accountability report in September, Nye said.
“With all the changes [and] uncertainty fluctuations that happen with the state accountability system, it highlights the value of working to develop a local accountability system centered around measures that are important to our community, our schools and our students,” he said.
