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Houston schools adapt reading assessments as state introduces new required test; high school remains on improvement plan
Summary
Administrators told the board a state-required literacy screener will be administered to students identified as below grade level, some students will still take FastBridge, and the district's high school remains on a state improvement plan because graduation rates are below the state threshold.
District school leaders told the HOUSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT board that changes in state assessment requirements this year will alter how the district measures reading growth and that staff have set school-level growth targets while the state's new test is phased in.
Katie, a district staff member leading the elementary and middle school briefing, said the state now requires a new literacy screener for students in grades 4 through 8 who fall below grade level. Administrators plan to continue using FastBridge for many students but will administer the new…
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