Jackson County schools show improvements in TAKS ratings
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EDNA - Schools in Jackson County represented the highest three tiers of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills accountability ratings this year. Two of the three showed improvement.
The Industrial school district has kept moving upward, receiving an exemplary rating this year. The rating was up from last year's recognized, and academically acceptable the year before.
"I think it's continuity, it's team work and really zeroing in where our weaknesses are and structuring support systems for the teachers and the students to allow them to get better," Superintendent Tony Williams said. He credits smaller class sizes, after-school tutoring programs and a student persistence to the improvement but still hopes to do better.
"We want to see more kids achieve commended performance," he said. "But we're going to take some time to celebrate."
Ganado
Ganado school district earned higher ratings in both the elementary and high school campuses, boosting the district rating to recognized.
"I don't think there was anything magical about it. Everybody just worked hard and just kept after it," said Superintendent Jeff Black.
While most schools struggle with the subject, the high school made significant gains in science among Hispanics and economically disadvantaged groups.
Edna
District and campus ratings for Edna did not changed from last year's standings and remain academically acceptable.
"The rating is the same, but our ongoing concern about the Texas account system is that no school and no district can get a rating higher than the lowest performing group," Superintendent Bob Wells said.
The school performed exemplary on 16 different indicators including reading, language arts, writing and social studies, but science continues to be a challenge where African-American, Hispanic and economically disadvantaged groups received the acceptable rating.
"All of our kids are improving annually. We just haven't passed that magical threshold yet," he said. "We're hoping to continue to show improvement across the board and to get the groups that are currently acceptable to recognized."
