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Southside ISD midyear assessments show gains overall but spotlight third-grade special education and emergent bilingual gaps
Summary
District staff presented midyear STAR/STAAR results showing growth in several grades and subgroups but identified persistent concerns for third-grade special education students and fifth-grade emergent bilingual students and set targeted priorities for instruction.
Southside Independent School District officials presented midyear assessment results on Feb. 27, saying the district has seen measurable gains across several grade levels while noting specific groups that need extra support.
Dr. Spohr, district assessment staff, told the Board of Trustees the presentation compared this year’s midyear STAR assessments to the 2023 STAR baseline and to last year’s results. "So they're both here for transparency's sake," Dr. Spohr said, explaining the district reports both "without duplication" figures (each student counted once) and the state's accountability counts (students can be counted more than once). "Our goal always is to close those achievement gaps so that our students are all achieving at high," Dr. Spohr added.
Why it matters: district leaders said the midyear…
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