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District reports gains in early-reading cohorts; STAR test redesign still clouded results
Summary
Round Rock ISD told trustees that early‑grade intervention and curriculum changes have yielded year‑to‑year growth for cohorts who stayed in the district, though changes to state testing in 2023 complicate direct score comparisons.
Round Rock ISD officials told trustees the district’s early-literacy and early-math monitoring shows measurable gains in cohorts that remain enrolled, but statewide testing changes have complicated comparisons across years.
Dr. Nichols (presenting the district’s board goal monitoring report) and the district’s teaching-and-learning staff presented mid‑year results for kindergarten through second grade, including progress measured by MCAS (early-literacy screener) and AIMSweb Plus (early numeracy). The district’s third‑grade board goal is the percentage of students scoring “meets grade level and above” on the STAAR third‑grade reading exam; the district set a 2025 third‑grade target of 70% and described progress measures in K–2 as the primary way to track toward that goal.
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