HISD held a press conference today to make two announcements. First was to announce the executive principals who have been tapped to oversee the new feeder school patterns — a part of Superintendent Dr. Saavedra’s reorganization plan.
The second announcement was HISD’s fifth-grade math TAKS results. This year’s test required that students get more questions correct, in order to pass, and fifth-graders must pass the test in order to advance to the next grade. HISD announced that 67% of fifth graders passed — showing a slight increase over last year — when compared to the same standard as last year (last year’s standard to pass was lower; to make an equal comparison one has to take that into account).
Anyway, let’s gaze into the Houston-Area Coven’s crystal ball: I foresee that the Chronicle‘s story tomorrow will focus on the students who didn’t pass the TAKS test. We can even guess the headline:
One third of HISD students FAIL TAKS test: No hope seen for HISD schools; private companies commence takeover.
RELATED: Wanted: a policy of clear and transparent corrections (blogHOUSTON), Ho-hum: Chron runs another HISD-is-bad story (blogHOUSTON)
UPDATE: KTRK-13 has a short story on HISD’s new executive principals.
