Administrators, staff, alumni, students and Sunnyside neighborhood residents will be joined by HISD Board of Education District IX Trustee Larry Marshall for the official groundbreaking ceremony for Worthing High School’s renovation and expansion on Wednesday, March 21 at 10 a.m. at 9215 Scott Street. “Sunnyside is a proud community with close-knit ties to […]
A combined $200,000 commitment from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation and the Houston Independent School District will allow 11,000 area students to receive the vision screening and eye examinations they need in the coming year. Houston Mayor Annise Parker publicly thanked the Arnold Foundation and HISD for the contribution on Monday, March 5, during […]
More than 100 people crowded the main studio and two overflow areas to learn more about the new state end-of-course examinations at HISD’s live STAAR forum. Parents, students, educators and other members of the community engaged a panel of experts in a question and answer session covering a variety of issues related to STAAR. Click through the photos below to see who […]
The calls poured in as HISD hosted a live forum on the state’s new accountability test: STAAR. More than 100 people crowded the HISD-TV studio and two overflow areas to watch the forum, and viewers at home called in and emailed their questions throughout the show. More than 75 phone calls were received during the […]
Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott announced today that is he deferring implementation of the new 15 percent grading requirement connected to the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness end-of-course examinations. The 15 percent rule requires that State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) exam performance count for 15 percent of a student’s final […]
HISD parents attended an information session Thursday night, hearing directly from a panel of experts representing elementary, middle and high schools; curriculum; and special education. After viewing an overview presentation outlining the differences between TAKS and STAAR and the new requirements high schoolers will face, the session opened up to questions. Presenters Anastasia Lindo and […]
Click here to watch coverage of HISD’s STAAR information session. If you have questions about STAAR, please email them to STAAR@houstonisd.org.
Get the latest on STAAR – including new developments on when the “15 percent rule” will take effect The STAAR test made headlines this week as state officials supported the delay of a controversial requirement surrounding end-of-course (EOC) exams. The rule, which requires that EOC exams count for 15 percent of a student’s final grade […]
Today, Senators Florence Shapiro, Royce West, Kel Seliger, and Dan Patrick sent the following letter to Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott regarding the end-of-course (EOC) examinations/STAAR: Shapiro Letter of Intent The letter gives the commissioner authority to delay the requirement that an end-of-course assessment count as 15% of a student’s final grade. Although no official response to […]
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/36489794]All HISD parents are invited to attend a STAAR informational session on Thursday, February 16, from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. in the board auditorium of the Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center. The session will also be broadcast live on HISD-TV (Comcast channel 18 and AT&T U-verse channel 99) and on the district website. […]