Boerne ISD students improved their skill levels in reading and math during the recently completed 2021-22 academic year, according to information shared during the May board of trustees meeting.
Chief Instructional Officer Larissa Flores went through a Power Point presentation that focused on student testing and compared beginning- and end-of-year results.
“Overall we are seeing growth of our students with some even making two years or more,” Flores told The Star. “Our classroom teachers and campus administrators continue the diligent work of closing any gaps that are evident.”
Flores shared slides that showed progress from early childhood through high school. She said the testing is in alignment with the district scorecard that focuses, among other things, on student success.
In the early childhood area, numbers showed 13 percent more students ended the year being on track in language and communications than at the beginning of the year. The year-end percentage was 77.
In math, the number increased from 82 to 86 percent of those on track.
In kindergarten through second grade, Flores said there was growth in phonics and literacy skills with 70 percent of those students at or above the district benchmark at the end of the school year. The percentage at the start of the year was 61 percent.
In addition, the percentage of students below or well below the benchmark decreased.
Almost 2,000 students were assessed.
As far as reading comprehension for students in kindergarten through eighth grade, the number of students in the most need of intervention – classified as Tier 3 – decreased by 2 percent from the beginning to the end of the academic year. Flores said that number “met our goal.”
Tier 2 student percentages decreased by 3 percent while Tier 1 increased 4 percent.
In high school, reading levels were increased across all students tested. Information stated all students with year-long enrollment identified as beginning readers from the start of the year moved to the “basic” level or above.
Flores said these students “struggle in reading” and set their own goals for the year. She also said reading inventory will be administered this summer to provide additional data for 2022-23 academic year students.
Finally, in kindergarten through fifth-grade math, 33 percent of students tested are at the “meets” level at the end of the academic year, which is a significant improvement from the 7.6 percent at the beginning of the year. Nine percent have mastered math while 36 percent are at the “approaches” level. Twenty-two percent did not meet performance standards.
Flores said in summarizing this category, the expected growth from the beginning of the year to the end is 100 points and the average growth for these students was 194 points, “which is almost two years’ worth of growth.”
She also noted the number of students at the did not meet level is almost two-thirds lower than at the beginning of the year, when the percentage was 63, adding BISD increased the number of students at the “meets” and” masters” levels by 42 percent.
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