Frisco ISD students surpass state, national averages on SAT, ACT exams

About 95% of FISD students take the SAT, Nye said.

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.