El Paso ISD: 85% of students showing college, career and military readiness, superintendent says
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Superintendent Diana Saavedra told the board the district has seen gains on TSIA2, SAT participation and industry certifications and has expanded Khan Academy access as it pursues 2027 CCMR goals.
Diana Saavedra, superintendent of the El Paso Independent School District, told the board at its April meeting that 85 percent of students are demonstrating college, career and military readiness (CCMR), citing improvements on the TSIA2 test, higher SAT participation and more industry-based certifications.
Saavedra said the district has expanded student access to Khan Academy and credited those resources, alongside classroom instruction, with helping students “rise to the challenge.” “I'm especially proud that 85 percent of students are demonstrating CCMR readiness as we work toward our 2027 goal of increasing certification attainment and all other CCMR measures,” she said.
The superintendent described TSIA2 — the test used by public colleges and universities to determine college-level readiness in math, reading and writing — as showing “marked improvement,” but she did not provide specific score distributions or raw counts at the meeting. Saavedra said SAT participation has increased and the number of industry-based certifications earned by students has grown; the board packet and presentation did not include numerical details for those increases in the portion of the record transcribed.
The update was presented as an informational report to the board; no vote or action was recorded on the CCMR update during the portion of the meeting transcribed.
