Birdville presents 2024–25 state assessment results; board updates long-term HB3 goals

District staff presented state assessment and accountability data to trustees on Sept. 25 and proposed updated Board goals under House Bill 3 based on 2024–25 results. Brian (presentation lead) and Dr. Clark reviewed STAAR, TELPAS and AP performance and how the district will set multi-year targets to meet state long-term goals.

Brian said the district’s RLA and math performances are generally consistent with the state and region, and highlighted that Algebra I and biology results outperformed regional and state averages. On AP performance, he reported improvement: "In 2025... it's moved up 4% to 66%, totaling 1,748 assessments at 3 or higher." Brian also reported that 35% of K–2 students assessed in TELPAS advanced one or more proficiency levels and that 40% of grades 3–12 TELPAS participants had advanced performance with 28% advancing in at least one proficiency level.

Reviewing House Bill 3 board goals, staff said the district exceeded its 2025 early-childhood literacy target: third-grade students meeting grade level increased to 52% (surpassing the 48% target). The board’s new long-term target for third grade reading is 64% by June 2029 to exceed the state long-term target. For third-grade math, the district raised its baseline from 47% and set a target of 65% by June 2029. The district’s CCMR goal (graduates meeting college-career-military readiness criteria) will increase from 59% to 83% by August 2029, staff said.

Board members asked for and were offered campus-level data disaggregations; trustees requested further data mining especially on socioeconomic and demographic subgroup performance to better understand where gains are needed. Dr. Clark and Brian said campus-level data notebooks are available and that campus leaders receive individualized performance measures and quarterly reviews. "We have provided individualized performance measures for all of our campuses to know exactly the targets that our sub pops need to reach in both reading and in math," Brian said.

Staff described the targeted action plan guiding curriculum, instruction, assessment, progress monitoring and professional learning aligned to the updated goals. The board did not take a separate vote on the goals at the Sept. 25 meeting; the goals and related district plans remained informational in this presentation.