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Alvin ISD board adopts 2026–2030 House Bill 3 goals after presentation showing multi-year gains
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Summary
Board approved five‑year targets for third‑grade reading and math, and college‑, career‑and‑military‑readiness (CCMR). District reported gains since 2021 — third‑grade reading met/above rose from 41% to 60% and third‑grade math 32% to 53% — and set districtwide goals to continue improvement through 2030.
Alvin Independent School District trustees voted to adopt the district’s 2026–2030 goals under House Bill 3 after presentations from district staff showing multi‑year improvements in student outcomes and proposed five‑year targets.
Assistant superintendent Brent Shaw summarized the early‑reading and math targets and the background for the goals required under state law. Shaw told the board that third‑grade students scoring “meets and above” on Star reading rose from 41% in 2021 to 60% in 2025; third‑grade Star math “meets and above” rose from 32% in 2021 to 53% in 2025. Shaw said the district’s goal is to raise third‑grade Star reading from 60% to 65% and Star math from 55% to 60% by June 2030, with interim annual targets for each campus and student subgroup.
Dr. Aniqua Flowers presented the College, Career, and Military Readiness (CCMR) goals and results. She said CCMR under the state calculation increased from 76% in 2024 to 81% in 2025; under the federal calculation (which counts all 12th graders), CCMR rose from 75% to 80% in the same period. The board-approved CCMR target is to increase district CCMR from 81% to 90% by August 2030. Dr. Flowers noted district practices intended to sustain gains: freshman four‑year planning meetings with counselors, a district CCMR committee of associate principals and counselors, enrollment of twelfth graders who have not met CCMR requirements into college‑prep courses, and adoption of a SchoolLinks platform for grades 7–12.
The presentations also addressed state assessment changes stemming from recent legislation. Shaw said House Bill 8 replaces the Star test at grades 3–8 with a new Student Success Tool to be administered three times a year beginning in the 2027–28 school year and that TEA will refresh accountability measures in 2027–28. Kindergarten beginning‑of‑year readiness measures were reported: 56.1% of English testers were on track and 68.2% of bilingual testers were on track on the state kindergarten readiness screen.
Board members asked questions about whether the five‑year targets should be more aggressive for specific student groups. Shaw said the district sets targets from recent performance and plans to recalibrate annually; “next year ... if we see that we go up 2 or 3% then we're going to recalibrate next year, and we're gonna raise them even higher.” The board approved the 2026–2030 House Bill 3 board goals in a recorded motion.
No new regulatory obligations were created by the vote; the action adopted the district targets and district/campus implementation strategies required under state law.
