At its meeting Monday night, the SMCISD board of trustees received the final version of the 2017-2018 Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) for the district and each campus. Deputy Superintendent for Teaching, Learning and Assessments Monica Ruiz-Mills presented the report in detail, explaining that the data was not new, but was the final version of the TAPR report presented last year. The report is available for public viewing at smcisd.net/accountability, she said.
For 2017-2018, districts across the state received letter grades from the Texas Education Agency. SMCISD received a “C” on an A-F scale. Ruiz-Mills said that next year, each campus will also receive a letter grade on the A-F scale. For this year, all of SMCISD’s campuses received a rating of “Met Standard.” The state’s two ratings for campuses have been “Met Standard” and “Needs Improvement” for several years.
Trustee John McGlothlin expressed concerns about some of the district’s performance ratings, especially elementary reading, that have declined from the 2014-2015 TAPR.
