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Alamo Heights ISD reports gains on college‑entrance tests, highlights writing and math targets
Summary
At the Aug. 20 board meeting, district assessment lead Dr. Jamie Walker told trustees Alamo Heights students outperformed state averages across STAR tests and posted three‑year highs on SAT, ACT and PSAT; she flagged writing scoring changes, several specific grade‑level targets in math and transition years, and set next steps for campus checkups.
At the Aug. 20 meeting of the Alamo Heights Independent School District Board of Trustees, district assessment presenter Dr. Jamie Walker reviewed 2024–25 student assessment results and district targets, saying the district exceeded state averages in every tested grade and content area. She told trustees the district posted its highest PSAT and ACT averages in three years and its highest school‑day SAT score in three years.
Walker said the district also saw a rise in students earning college credit via AP exams after the board’s policy requiring students enrolled in AP courses to sit for the exam. "We had more students taking the test — we went from 572 to 701 students who made a 3 or higher," Walker said. She added that the number of AP scholars — students scoring 3 or higher on three or more AP exams — rose to more than 300 out of 913 AP test takers.
Those gains matter because the board has set district targets that include having 90% of students meet…
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