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El Paso ISD academics committee reviews midyear MAP results; staff asked to add beginning-year and longitudinal data
Summary
District staff reported midyear MAP scores tied to HB3 goals, noting district averages near the 47th percentile, strong eighth-grade CCMR math results, and lower growth for special education students; trustees asked for beginning-of-year and multi-year cohort data to clarify growth.
Al Garcia, chief academic officer for El Paso Independent School District, told the academics committee on Monday that midyear Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) results show district averages "sitting at 47 for mathematics and 47 for literacy," with emergent bilingual and special education groups lagging behind.
The midyear briefing, presented by Garcia and district presenter Carlos Salas, aimed to measure progress toward the district's House Bill 3 goals, which target the 50th national percentile by 2027. Staff said MAP provides a nationally normed, adaptive snapshot that helps identify students for intervention and acceleration and that the district used iExcel as a targeted support product this semester.
Garcia said the districtwide midyear averages were about 47 in both math and reading. He reported emerging bilingual students at roughly the mid-40s and special education (SPED) growth near 39–40 percentile points. "We do…
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