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Spring ISD outlines CTE goals tied to CCMR and flags reporting gaps
Summary
District CTE director presented goals to increase industry certifications and participation; trustees pressed for up‑to‑date CCMR figures after a data‑system transition that administrators said reduced reported CCMR to about 61% under the state's recalculation.
Cynthia Williams, Spring ISD director of career and technical education, presented the district's CTE targets and early results at the board work session on Oct. 3.
Williams said the district's CCMR (college, career and military readiness) targets include raising CCMR from 73% to 76% by 2027 and increasing industry‑based certification (IBC) attainment toward the long‑term goal of 80% by 2027. For the current year, the district set participation and passing rate goals for CTE courses of 93%.
"Last year we had 688 graduates that graduated with an industry based certification," Williams told trustees, noting some preliminary graduation and participation data and that final, state‑released accountability figures are delayed. She said CTE programs show strong participation across most student subgroups but that emergent bilingual students lag behind peers and warrant targeted outreach.
Trustees asked for precise, comparable figures. Administration said changes in how CCMR is calculated at the state level and a transition to a new student information system limited the district's ability to pull contemporaneous, fully reconciled CCMR numbers. Chief of innovation Dr. Matthew Parasol said the district's recalculated CCMR stood at about 61% for the most recent graduating cohort under the state's revised methodology, and staff committed to include the previously provided board‑goal numbers and a fuller update in a future board report.
Trustees also sought subgroup and historical comparisons (including pre‑ and post‑COVID benchmarks) and raised concerns about the need for clear raw numbers rather than only percentages. Williams and central office staff agreed to provide more detailed data to the board in a follow‑up update.
The board did not vote on any CTE policy at the session; the presentation was intended for oversight and alignment with the district's strategic plan.
