Superintendent Dr. Austin and academic staff presented preliminary MAP and STAAR results Thursday and told the Rockport-Fulton ISD board that early-grade reading and recently adopted science resources are producing measurable gains, while math performance remains a districtwide concern.

Dr. Austin said MAP growth trends indicate some increases in kindergarten through fourth-grade reading and that new science materials produced “green trending” across grade-level performance. At the same time, he cautioned that MAP projections tend to run about 10–12 percentage points higher than STAR projections, so district staff are treating MAP gains as directional rather than definitive. The superintendent said preliminary STAAR (“STAAR preliminary scores”) were “not what we wanted to see” at the system level and that the district’s overall percentage of students meeting grade level looked flat or slightly lower year over year.

Academic leaders told the board the district will dig into grade-level and cohort data to identify where interventions are working and where practices must change. They highlighted strengths in K–5 reading (third and fourth grades showed gains across approaches, meets and masters) and in science following the new adoption, and they flagged significant weaknesses in middle-school math and some high-school EOC math results.

Board members and staff discussed the role of consistent staffing, coaching cycles, and curriculum fidelity in producing gains. Dr. Austin emphasized the need for continuity and consistent adult practice districtwide: “We’ve got to be able to get all the adults in our system rowing in the same direction at the same speed,” he said during the discussion about implementation and retention.

The district said it expects the state to release final 2024–25 accountability data (including prior-year backfill) in mid-August and that staff will return to the board with finalized accountability reports once the state files are released.