{"id":341255,"date":"2026-06-18T12:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/341255\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T12:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:17:07","slug":"garland-isd-posts-staar-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/341255\/","title":{"rendered":"Garland ISD posts STAAR gains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Garland ISD students posted gains in four of five tested subjects on this spring\u2019s State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness end-of-course exams, according to results released by the Texas Education Agency.<\/p>\n<p>The exams measure student performance in Algebra I, English I, English II, Biology and U.S. History.<\/p>\n<p>Districtwide, 65% of Garland ISD students met grade-level standards in English I, up 4 percentage points from 2025. English II scores improved 1 point to 67%, Biology rose 3 points to 91% and Algebra I increased 4 points to 85%. The district\u2019s only decline came in U.S. History, which slipped 2 points but still recorded a 92% passing rate.<\/p>\n<p>At Sachse High School, students improved in three of the five tested subjects. Biology scores climbed 5 percentage points to 95%, Algebra I increased 4 points to 88% and English I improved 1 point to 75%. English II declined 4 points to 72%, while U.S. History fell 4 points to 93%.<\/p>\n<p>Garland High School also posted gains in several subject areas. English I improved 8 percentage points to 61%, while Biology and Algebra I each rose 6 points to 92% and 77%, respectively. English II declined 2 points to 61%, and U.S. History increased 1 point to 94%.<\/p>\n<p>Among middle school students taking Algebra I, Hudson Middle School posted a 99% passing rate, an improvement of 1 percentage point from last year.<\/p>\n<p>In Wylie ISD, students posted gains in four of five tested subjects. Districtwide, Algebra I scores increased 3 percentage points to 96%, Biology rose 1 point to 98%, English I improved 2 points to 88% and English II increased 1 point to 88%. U.S. History declined 1 point but still recorded a 97% passing rate.<\/p>\n<p>At Wylie High School, Algebra I scores improved 3 points to 94%, while English I remained unchanged at 88%. Biology and U.S. History each slipped 1 point to 97%, and English II declined 1 point to 89%.<\/p>\n<p>Wylie East High School recorded gains across most tested areas, including 4-point increases in English I, English II and Algebra I. Biology improved 1 point to 98%, while U.S. History declined 1 point to 97%.<\/p>\n<p>Statewide, the Texas Education Agency reported improvements in every end-of-course subject area compared with 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Did you enjoy this article? Let us know by supporting your local community newspaper \u2014\u00a0subscribe to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/publisher1.etype.services\/Sachse-News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Sachse News.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garland ISD students posted gains in four of five tested subjects on this spring\u2019s State of Texas Assessments&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,162,161],"class_list":["post-341255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}