Those efforts, officials said in March, are paying off, as district staff is expecting to see an increase of roughly 20% in the percentage of students who are classified as CCMR.
The 2023-24 Texas Accountability Performance Report, or TAPR, results, which were released in December, are behind by a year with the latest data being from the 2022-23 school year, in which CCISD scored 66.8% for CCMR. Despite that, CCISD officials said they expect that score to increase to 87% with its 2024 class.
The overview
According to the TEA, students in Texas can earn a CCMR indicator in the following ways:
- Meet criteria in the Texas Success Initiative Assessment, or TSIA; Advanced Placement, or AP; or International Baccalaureate, or IB, exams
- Earn dual credit course credits
- Earn an associate degree
- Earn an industry-based certification, or IBC
- Graduate with a completed Individualized Education Program, or IEP
- Enlist in the armed forces or Texas National Guard
- Special education students can graduate under an advanced diploma plan
- Earn a level I or level II certificate in any workforce education area
The district recently added more IBC options, and the Texas College Bridge, which is a supplemental program for high school seniors struggling with college entrance exams to help them get into a community college or four-year university, among other additions, Silva said.
By the numbers
The recently released TAPR reports show CCISD is below the state’s CCMR percentage by nearly 10% during the 2022-23 school year, with CCISD’s CCMR percentage being 66.8%, and the state’s being 76.3%.
However, in spring 2023, in preparation for the 2023-2024 school year, CCISD district and campus leaders came together to address the CCMR concerns and create a plan moving forward, Silva said..
Since then, CCISD’s current data shows that, with its graduates of 2024, its CCMR rate has risen to 87%, and once all data has been collected and confirmed by the TEA, may reach more than 90%, Silva said.
Silva said the district has encountered the following challenges in regard to the state’s CCMR accountability system:
- Meeting CCMR state expectations as they continue to change every year with new tweaks to the expectations.
- A student’s shift in pathways and coursework could negatively impact the district’s CCMR percentage score
- The lag in CCMR accountability data—where there is a one-year gap between the graduating class and the accountability rating—hinders CCISD’s ability to change students' CCMR outcomes for the better
- Reporting military readiness for students who enlist in the armed forces relies on self-reporting from students, which leads to inconsistencies and gaps in data
The district also uses a system to help track students’ progress toward CCMR and find specific students who need assistance, Silva said.
To provide an opportunity to seek career aspirations and interests earlier than high school, CCISD recently created a new sixth grade course named Launch that is the first focused opportunity for students to learn about career pathways and options.
Career exploration fields included in Launch are agriculture, architecture, arts, communications, business and marketing, finance, energy and health science, among other subjects. This course was implemented during the 2024-2025 school year, and feedback from parents and students has been positive, Silva said.
“All the instructional programs in CCISD are designed to prepare students for whatever they decide to do beyond the K-12 experience,” Silva said.
