CSISD reports year‑end MAP gains; officials flag Spanish reading and persistent subgroup gaps

College Station Independent School District officials told the Board of Trustees that students made measurable MAP (NWEA) growth across subjects in 2025–26 but that gaps remain among some historically underperforming groups.

Mr. Mann, who presented the end‑of‑year MAP analysis, explained the achievement‑decile approach used to measure growth and said the district has seven of 10 deciles more than two percentage points from the national norm. He said that, taken together, CSISD’s spring 2026 results show a reduction in the share of students in the lowest decile from 7.2% the prior year to 6.2% this year.

"This tells us that the work we're doing to target in on these students is paying off," Mann said, describing targeted interventions for students in top deciles and improved growth across Algebra I, Algebra II and geometry.

Mann walked trustees through subgroup heat maps by ethnicity and subject. He noted particular progress in several groups but reiterated that African American students and Spanish reading (students for whom Spanish is the primary language) need additional focus; he described the colors of the district’s growth bar (yellow = average growth, green/blue = above a year or more of growth) and encouraged further interventions where bars remained in yellow.

Trustees asked several technical questions about sample sizes for small groups and whether MAP counts tests or students; Mann clarified that the presentation is test‑level (multiple tests per student across subjects) and that the district used new norms for apples‑to‑apples comparison.

The board did not take action on the presentation; trustees thanked Mr. Mann and moved on to budget and benefits items later on the agenda.