March 14, 2005

 

Good News on TAKS Scores for Weatherford ISD

The 2005 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) scores for third and fifth grade reading were received by the district on Wednesday last week.  Ninety-one percent of the third grade students mastered the 2005 first administration of the TAKS Reading test.  More than 40 percent of the district’s third grade students earned the “Commended” performance designation, which represents academic achievement at a level that is considerably higher than the state passing standard.  The “Commended” rating is earned when students answer 94 percent of the questions correctly. 

This is the first year that fifth grade students are required to pass the reading portion of the TAKS in order to be promoted to the sixth grade.  District-wide, 87 percent of the WISD fifth graders “Met Standard” for the reading exam.  Students are considered to have “Met Standard” when they answer 71 percent of the test correctly. 

There are 39 third grade students and 56 fifth grade students who “Did Not Meet the Standard.”  Students will have two additional opportunities to take the Reading portion of the test during the April administration of the TAKS test and if needed, following attending summer school in June.  Parents were notified as soon as the results were learned by campus principals, so that interventions could begin to help students accelerate their learning.