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Godley ISD board approves Year 2 of RB Godley targeted improvement plan amid state accountability review
Summary
Board approved the district ocument required by the Texas Education Agency for a Title I campus on the comprehensive support list; school leaders described gains after a year of targeted coaching and data use and said they expect to come off the state list.
The Godley Independent School District Board of Trustees on Tuesday unanimously approved Year 2 of the targeted improvement plan for R.B. Godley Elementary, a required state-and-federal plan for Title I campuses identified for comprehensive support.
The plan charts coaching, Professional Learning Community work and data-dashboard use aimed at closing achievement gaps at R.B. Godley, a campus placed on the state—omprehensive list after it lacked baseline scores in 2022 and therefore earned no accountability points in 2023.
District and campus leaders told trustees the school made measurable gains in 2024 and has implemented the Texas Education Agency—ffective Schools Framework, including teacher coaching cycles, content-focused PLC planning and a newly hired inclusion teacher. "We brought this to you last February," said Miss Cotton, the district presenter, explaining the two-year identification and the need to submit a Year 2 plan. "As a school that was identified for comprehensive support, these are the things that we're required to do. We did them all last year and again this year."
Miss Dixon, R.B. Godley—lementary principal, said the campus improved its scaled score from 30 to 69 on the state's closing-the-gaps measure between 2023 and 2024 and that reading growth met targets in multiple student groups. "In reading, we hit the target in almost every single area," Dixon said. She credited diagnostic visits from the region service center, job-embedded coaching and monthly look-ahead planning for the progress.
Leaders stressed the effect of school growth and mobility on percentages: the campus tested many students who recently moved here and had no prior STAR test history, which increased the denominator even when more students passed. The district also emphasized that most of the effective practices used at R.B. Godley have been shared across other campuses.
The board asked about accountability math and how narrowly placed students near "bubble" performance levels can affect the campus score. Administration said the state keeps portions of the scoring methodology behind the scenes but that staff are drilling down to individual students to protect gains on the STAR framework. Miss Cotton described the state and region as partners who have reviewed and accepted the plan and coaching approach.
Trustees voted 7-0 to approve submission of the Year 2 targeted improvement plan to the Texas Education Agency; Kristen moved the approval and Marissa seconded. The board will receive periodic updates as the campus continues growth-monitoring, and administrators said they expect R.B. Godley to meet the higher cut score needed to exit the comprehensive-support list.
Board and staff members said the goal is to sustain improvements without becoming "test-centric," balancing STAR preparation with other district priorities such as safety, character and leadership.
Ending: The district will submit the approved Year 2 plan to TEA and continue on-site coaching and data-monitoring; administrators said they expect to show a higher closing-the-gaps score when state accountability figures are finalized.
