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Round Rock ISD reports midyear drop in college, career and military readiness amid TEA rule changes
Summary
District staff told the board the district is slightly behind 2024 midyear CCMR benchmarks and warned forthcoming Texas Education Agency changes to industry certification rules will complicate accounting and planning.
Dr. Natalie Nichols, senior chief of schools and innovation for Round Rock Independent School District, told trustees the district is behind its 2024 midpoint for Board Goal 3 — college, career and military readiness (CCMR) — and outlined where the district plans to focus through the rest of the school year.
The district’s end-of-year targets for 2025 are 92% overall CCMR, with subgoals of 53% for advanced coursework (AP/IB/dual credit/on-ramps), 76% for college-ready test performance (SAT/ACT/TSIA2) and 18% for career and technical education (CTE) completers who pass industry-based certifications (IBCs). "One of the things at the very top that our community spoke to was the idea of we want our kids to graduate ready for college, career, or military," Nichols said.
Why it matters: CCMR figures are used in local accountability and to demonstrate postsecondary readiness. Nichols and other staff emphasized that…
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