Comments on: Ninth graders get break under STAAR rule change

By: Cameron

Cameron — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:10:46 +0000

The link to this was removed. I don’t see reference to the scores not being released to the media in the following quote – “San Marcos CISD has opted to release the preliminary scores to parents in June, accompanied by an explanation that the numbers will not tell schools, parents or students much.
Greg Rodriguez, SMCISD coordinator for accountability and school improvement, cautioned parents not to guess what the scores mean.
“Our apprehension is that people will try to compute these numbers into a percent,” Rodriguez said. “They should not, because they will be graded on a scale.”
That scale or performance standard has yet to be set by the Texas Education Agency, the state entity regulating the new test replacing the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills.- “

By: Ted Marchut

Ted Marchut — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 19:51:25 +0000

Mine as well.

By: Brad Rollins

Brad Rollins — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 19:43:26 +0000

San Marcos CISD is saying that they are going to release their STAAR results directly to parents and not to the media (!!!) So this should be interesting when we do get the scores … and the school district’s secrecy has piqued my interest.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 19:39:08 +0000

Ted — [link removed]

By: Ted Marchut

Ted Marchut — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 19:04:36 +0000

Initial results appear to have been released. I’ve seen press releases from many school districts. Nothing from SMCISD. Very curious to see how we stack up against the rest of the state.