While performance in AP exams and dual credit is on the rise at Friendswood ISD, district officials are looking to reshape its career and technical education, or CTE, pathways and industry certifications to leave no student behind.
At a glance
Currently, nearly 85% of students met the college, career and military readiness, or CCMR, indicator, which requires students to earn an industry-based certification, or IBC, plus a concentrator, in which a student has taken at least two courses in the same CTE program of study.
The district plans to increase its CCMR score to 92% by the 2030-31 school year through the following five-year plan:
- 2026-27: Earn an 87% CCMR score, increase college readiness benchmarks, and have 18% of graduates earn at least one Texas Education Agency-approved high-value IBC.
- Key action items: Expand high-value IBCs, create annual student "One-pagers” for credit check reviews and increase on-campus Texas Success Initiative Assessment, or TSIA, opportunities for seniors.
- 2028-29: Earn a 90% CCMR score and have 25% of graduates earn at least one TEA-approved high-value IBC.
- Key action items: Increase dual credit enrollment by adding 10th grade options, increase enrollment for OnRamps, which is a dual-enrollment program developed by the University of Texas at Austin, and ensure CCMR points are indicated per student before allowing off periods or teacher’s aide opportunities.
- 2030-31: Earn a 92% CCMR score and have 35% of graduates earn at least one TEA-approved high-value IBC.
- Key action items: Focused instruction to ensure high IBC success rate, expand dual credit opportunities and provide frequent TSIA testing to improve pass rates.
