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District shares preliminary assessment results, cautions that official scores are not final
Summary
Dr. Gomez reviewed preliminary spring assessment data, noting TEA rescoring of responses and that official accountability reports won’t be final until late July–August; trustees asked for campus‑level breakdowns and discussed staff vacancies and targeted supports for schools under improvement.
San Angelo ISD administrators presented preliminary spring assessment and accountability information to the board on June 15 and cautioned trustees and the public that the data remain provisional until the state completes rescoring and releases final cut scores.
Dr. Gomez told trustees that the district received preliminary map data and has begun looking at STAR results, but stressed the importance of waiting for official reports: "we will not have official accountability until August 15th," he said. He noted that the TEA conducted an automatic hand review of extended constructed responses that were a single point from the next performance level; for this district 455 students were rescored with 110 showing increases. Dr. Gomez emphasized that these rescoring adjustments are not yet reflected in the preliminary scores presented to trustees.
Academic details and concerns: The presentation reviewed subject‑level trends: most reading levels rose except for some grades, algebra 1 showed improvement as teachers gain experience with the newly adopted high‑quality materials, and science cut scores were not yet released (so some fifth‑ and eighth‑grade science results are missing from the district display). Trustees asked for campus‑level breakdowns once final data are available; Dr. Gomez and staff committed to a formal presentation in August after the agency releases final reports.
Staffing and supports: Trustees pressed for details about staffing deficits; the administration reported current vacancies of approximately 20 elementary and 34 secondary positions and said the district uses strategic staffing to prioritize campuses in school improvement. Board members and staff described targeted supports — pairing veteran teachers with new teachers, focused instructional coaching, and prioritizing hires for campuses with higher intervention needs — as part of the plan to improve outcomes.
Next steps: Administration will provide final, campus‑level data once TEA releases cut scores and complete rescoring results, and will return with a formal presentation in August. Trustees asked staff to prepare additional information requested during the boundary and feeder discussions so that accountability data can be considered alongside boundary decisions.
