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KIPP Texas reports mixed interim assessment results; I‑Ready projections show stronger math outlook
Summary
At its April 24 board meeting KIPP Texas said it is on track for most reading goals, reported improved ACT results versus prior years, and presented mixed signals on math from interim assessments and I‑Ready diagnostics.
KIPP Texas Public Schools told its Board of Directors on April 24 that interim assessment data taken in February suggests the network is on track to meet its reading targets but shows mixed results for math, with one assessment indicating a shortfall at the “approaches” performance band and a diagnostic (I‑Ready) projecting stronger outcomes.
Seba Ali, chief executive officer, said the organization expects to meet six board goals, including DIBELS early‑literacy targets and AP pass rates, but would fall short of its ACT/SAT goal this year; she reported updated March testing shows 19% of 11th‑graders have reached a 21+ on the ACT, up from 11% in an earlier report.
Rona Simmons, chief academic officer, presented the second interim assessment of the year and said that because KIPP used the same interim test this year as last, the organization could compare growth “apples to apples.” She said interim assessment 2 (February) placed KIPP about nine percentage points from its ELA approaches target and 20 points from the math approaches target; applying last year’s historical growth to this year’s interim scores would, she said, bring ELA and math closer to targets but would still leave some gaps in math approaches.
Simmons also described I‑Ready, a diagnostic KIPP adopted this year, and said its STAR projections generally exceed the interim assessment’s projections: “I‑Ready actually says we will pass all of our STAR targets this year,” she said, adding that KIPP will compare actual STAR outcomes in May and report final results in June. The board discussed student test anxiety and the network’s plan to shift more interim assessments online next year so students gain practice with the online testing environment; Simmons said KIPP will pilot the digital administration with summer school students.
Board members asked for disaggregated breakdowns (for example, Houston vs. non‑Houston campuses and long‑tenure cohorts) and data that tracks students who started in early grades through later outcomes; Simmons and other staff said some of those cohort analyses will be available in future reports, including a first‑time look this year at third‑grade STAR outcomes for students who participated in the network’s early‑literacy strategy three years earlier. No formal board vote was taken on academic strategy at the meeting.
