{"id":343212,"date":"2026-06-19T18:43:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/343212\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T18:43:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:43:16","slug":"houston-isd-sees-year-over-year-gains-in-most-2026-staar-subjects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/343212\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston ISD sees year-over-year gains in most 2026 STAAR subjects"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHouston ISD<\/a> saw year-over-year improvement in two-thirds of the exam categories for the spring 2026 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness<\/a>, but local students were still outperformed by the state for some test groups, according to results released by the Texas Education Agency.<\/p>\n

The TEA released statewide and district-specific test scores for the STAAR scores for grades third through eighth June 16. End-of-Course exam scores were released June 10. Science scores will be released July 31.<\/p>\n

What you need to know<\/p>\n

According to the TEA\u2019s website<\/a>, the agency uses a four-tiered grading system for student performance to score STAAR test performance in each subject:<\/p>\n

Did not meet grade levelApproaches grade levelMeets grade levelMasters grade level”Approaches grade level” is considered a passing score, with the TEA determining that students with this score are likely to succeed in the next grade or course, but could need targeted academic intervention, according to the website.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s changed<\/p>\n

Of the 18 grade levels and subjects for which scores were released, year-over-year performance<\/a> in HISD:<\/p>\n

Improved in 12Declined in fiveSaw no change in one”This level of improvement is extraordinary. … It means thousands more students are reading on grade level, mastering rigorous academic standards, and preparing for successful futures,\u201d HISD Superintendent Mike Miles said via a June 18 news release from the district.<\/p>\n

The largest changes in year-over-year performance within HISD are:<\/p>\n

The seventh grade math test, which dropped to 46%, approaching grade level this year, compared to 55% in 2025The English 1 EOC exam, which rose to 69%, approaching grade level this year, versus 61% in 2025The eighth grade reading test, which increased to 84%, approaching grade level this year, compared to 77% in 2025At the district level, most reading, math and EOC scores improved year over year.\"chartThe specifics<\/p>\n

For 2026, HISD\u2019s scores were higher than statewide totals in eight categories, and the district tied with state totals in three categories, according to the June 16 results. HISD scores outranked statewide totals in:<\/p>\n

Third, fourth, fifth and sixth grade mathSixth, seventh and eighth grade readingBiology EOC examMeanwhile, the state outperformed HISD students in:Seventh and eighth grade mathThird and fourth grade readingEighth grade social studiesEnglish 1 and 2 EOC examsZooming out<\/p>\n

In a June 16 news release from the TEA, Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath said this year\u2019s STAAR scores show both student progress and more work to be done.<\/p>\n

“We are encouraged by continued gains in mathematics, especially with the growing number of students participating and succeeding in advanced mathematics courses,\u201d Morath said. \u201cThe gains in middle school reading are also notable, as it may be associated with the statewide ban on the use of cell phones in schools.”<\/p>\n

What parents should know<\/p>\n

Families can access their child\u2019s results at www.texasassessment.gov<\/a> using their unique access code from the district.<\/p>\n

Brooke Sjoberg contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Houston ISD saw year-over-year improvement in two-thirds of the exam categories for the spring 2026 State of Texas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[122416,122412,122410,122413,122415,122414,122411,56,58,1686,57,2824,7395,2810],"class_list":["post-343212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-hisd-eoc-exams-spring-2026","tag-hisd-eoc-scores","tag-hisd-staar-scores","tag-hisd-staar-scores-2026","tag-hisd-staar-scores-eoc-exams","tag-hisd-staar-scores-spring-2026","tag-hisd-text-scores","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-isd","tag-houston-news","tag-mike-miles","tag-mike-morath","tag-texas-education-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343212","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=343212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}