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Preliminary STAAR and STAR‑2 results: Waco ISD reports gains in elementary reading, mixed results in middle and high school
Summary
Jessica Steele told trustees that preliminary spring 2025 STAR‑2 results show elementary reading gains — especially in third grade — while middle and high school outcomes show more mixed patterns and remain affected by test format changes and accelerated course placements.
Jessica Steele presented preliminary spring 2025 STAR and STAR‑2 results to the board, emphasizing elementary gains in reading and continued challenges in middle- and high‑school measures.
Steele said 2023 marked the introduction of STAR‑2’s new item types and automated scoring; 2025 is the third year of that format. She told the board that STAR‑2 uses mixed question types (multiple choice, text entry, multi‑part items) and added longer constructed‑response items that are scored by an automated scoring engine; roughly 25% of extended responses are routed to human graders. “About 25% goes to a human grader,” Steele said, describing the scoring process for extended constructed responses.
Why it matters: STAR‑2 performance feeds campus…
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