GISD Exceeds All State Marks on TAKS Reading
Article Date: April 1, 2009
Garland ISD students surpassed every statewide mark on the recently administered TAKS Reading section according to scores received by the district’s Planning, Research and Evaluation Department.
More than 12,000 GISD students in grades 3, 5 and 8 were tested during last month’s Reading portion. The Texas Education Agency monitored their performances by grade level, divided into five student groups: All students, African American, Hispanic, White and Economically Disadvantaged.
Each of those student groups in third, fifth and eighth grade bested state averages in both the “standard” and “commended” categories.
TAKS Reading percentages for GISD as compared to the state are below, listed by grade and student group:
Grade 3
| GISD Standard | State Standard | GISD Commended |
State Commended |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Students | 92% | 89% | 52% | 44% |
| African American | 91% | 83% | 49% | 34% |
| Hispanic | 89% | 86% | 43% | 35% |
| White | 97% | 95% | 69% | 61% |
| Economically Disadvantaged |
89% | 84% | 42% | 33% |
Grade 5
| GISD Standard | State Standard | GISD Commended |
State Commended |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Students | 87% | 82% | 34% | 29% |
| African American | 84% | 77% | 28% | 21% |
| Hispanic | 83% | 77% | 26% | 20% |
| White | 94% | 92% | 49% | 43% |
| Economically Disadvantaged |
82% | 75% | 24% | 18% |
Grade 8
| GISD Standard | State Standard | GISD Commended |
State Commended |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Students | 94% | 93% | 50% | 48% |
| African American | 94% | 90% | 50% | 39% |
| Hispanic | 92% | 90% | 40% | 39% |
| White | 97% | 96% | 62% | 60% |
| Economically Disadvantaged |
92% | 89% | 41% | 36% |