{"id":350698,"date":"2026-06-25T23:53:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T23:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/350698\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T23:53:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T23:53:20","slug":"keller-isd-northwest-isd-outpace-state-in-staar-end-of-course-exams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/350698\/","title":{"rendered":"Keller ISD, Northwest ISD outpace state in STAAR end-of-course exams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/tea.texas.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Education Agency<\/a> released results from this year\u2019s State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness end-of-course exams, the year-end exam issued to high school students each spring, and the spring 2026 results for grades 3-8.<\/p>\n<p>Students at Northwest ISD and Keller ISD both scored better than the state average in every subject for end-of-course exams, according to test results.<\/p>\n<p>STAAR results for both districts show grades 3-8 performed better than the state overall in reading and social studies and mostly outpaced the average Texas results in math.<\/p>\n<p>By the numbers<\/p>\n<p>High school students were tested on the following subjects:<\/p>\n<p>Algebra IBiologyEnglish IEnglish IIU.S HistoryAt least 82% of NISD students passed each subject, and at least 85% of KISD students passed each subject, according to the results<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782431596_733_thumbnail.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"chart visualization\"\/>For grades 3-8, students were tested on the following subjects:MathematicsReadingSocial studiesIn math, most grades in both districts outperformed the state. In reading, NISD and KISD students outperformed the state across all grades.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782431598_952_thumbnail.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"chart visualization\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782431599_655_thumbnail.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"chart visualization\"\/>Only eighth grade students in this age group are tested for social studies. Northwest ISD and Keller ISD performed better in this category than the state average.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782431600_332_thumbnail.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"chart visualization\"\/>Why it matters<\/p>\n<p>The STAAR is administered to students in grades 3-12 each spring to measure student progress and teacher performance.<\/p>\n<p>Students who don\u2019t pass one or more subjects on the STAAR receive accelerated instruction the following school year, according to state law.<\/p>\n<p>Poor STAAR scores can also impact the district as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>The TEA\u2019s annual accountability ratings are largely based on STAAR scores. If a district or individual school receives a failing accountability rating for multiple consecutive years, the state can take control of the district.<\/p>\n<p>What parents should know<\/p>\n<p>Parents can view their child\u2019s individual score at <a href=\"http:\/\/texasassessment.gov\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">texasassessment.gov<\/a> using a unique access code distributed by their child\u2019s school.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Texas Education Agency released results from this year\u2019s State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness end-of-course exams,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117,118802,124957,124956],"class_list":["post-350698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-staar-results","tag-staar-testing-keller-isd","tag-staar-testing-northwest-isd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350698","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=350698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}