Manor ISD outlines TSIA focus, Papaya tutoring and other interventions to boost college and career readiness
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District academic staff reported updated CCMR (college, career and military readiness) snapshots and described interventions — including TSIA-focused instruction, new software and Papaya Tutoring — intended to raise college-readiness indicators, dual-credit access and industry-based credential completion.
Doctor Williams Hill presented the district’s Goal Progress Measure 3 (CCMR) update at the Nov. 17 board meeting, reviewing class-year snapshots and the district’s plan to increase students’ college- and career-readiness indicators.
Williams Hill said updated snapshots (as of Oct. 31) show incremental gains and noted the district treats CCMR data as lagging, updateable measures. She identified the TSIA/TSI assessment as a primary lever for increasing access to college-prep and dual-credit opportunities and described purchased intervention software to monitor and improve student proficiency in real time.
"By doing that, we hope to catch our students early in the process and provide interventions rather than waiting," Williams Hill said, explaining that platforms give teachers and counselors real-time visibility into student progress on TSIA skills and allow targeted supports during advisory, intervention periods and at home.
The district is rolling out Papaya Tutoring (a one-on-one, virtual tutoring platform with an outcomes-based payment model) and other tools (IXL, Method Learning, Eduphoria) at scale across turnaround campuses and plans to expand advisory- and enrichment-time interventions. Staff emphasized cross-department coordination — counseling, curriculum, academic support and campus administration — to avoid duplication and to monitor student progress and course coding accuracy.
The presentation also addressed IBC (industry-based credential) and dual-credit access gaps; staff said they are auditing student pathways and early warning indicators to identify students near completion and to create targeted advising for seniors and sophomores to keep them on credential and dual-credit tracks.
Board members asked about technology capacity for students at home; staff said a December follow-up will include available devices and potential reallocations if a more comprehensive device refresh is not immediately affordable.
District staff committed to returning with progress monitoring data and implementation timelines for the interventions discussed.