Overview

• Texas Education Agency data show Spring 2025 STAAR reading language arts scores in grades 3–8 have risen above 2019 levels.
• Math performance improved in select grades but overall remains below pre-pandemic standards, with declines in fifth and seventh grades.
• Fort Worth ISD plans to double daily middle school reading and math instruction to 90 minutes ahead of accountability ratings that could trigger a takeover.
• Despite gains across most subjects, Fort Worth ISD still falls short of statewide proficiency averages on the STAAR exam.
• Houston ISD students maintained or improved their STAAR performance in nearly every tested subject during the district’s second year under state intervention.