Education Matters: Great Expectations
Published: 09/09/2024
Source: FWEP
Author(s): Brent Beasely
It is not uncommon for us to hear local education leaders respond to low academic achievement numbers by pointing out how many of our students live in poverty—implying that we shouldn’t expect schools with large numbers of children from low-income families to achieve academic excellence.
I find the “but our kids are living in poverty” justification for low levels of student achievement discouraging and alarming—especially when it comes from our education leaders. As our Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker has said recently: “We cannot allow poverty to be the determining factor in a child’s success academically.”
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‘We need all hands on deck.’ How could lawmakers help the Fort Worth school district?
Published: 08/29/2024
Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Author(s): Eleanor Dearman
The Fort Worth school district’s “unacceptable” student achievement has the attention of state lawmakers, who say action needs to be taken for improvement.
Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker and other leaders sent a letter to district leadership on Tuesday, demanding better academic performance. The letter follows the release of state test scores that show the district lags other large urban districts.
The “unacceptable” results on state tests narrow students’ opportunities and have long-term workforce, economic development, poverty and public health consequences, Parker wrote.
Why did Fort Worth’s mayor call FWISD unacceptable? Here’s the data
Published: 08/29/2024
Source: The Fort Worth Report
Author(s): Jacob Sanchez
Mayor Mattie Parker laid out her case for why Fort Worth ISD needs a turnaround plan.
She used results from the state standardized test, called the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, from the Texas Education Agency and compared Fort Worth ISD’s performance to similar districts.
Regardless of how the data is sliced, the same trend is noticeable: Fort Worth ISD performs worse than other districts, including Dallas and Houston ISDs, the two districts that Parker pointed to as having seen significant growth in the past decade.
Education Matters: Moving Fences
Published: 08/13/2024
Source: FWEP
Author(s): Brent Beasley
Fort Worth Education Partnership is releasing our annual report this week that details how students in Fort Worth schools are doing academically. As I have reflected on this year’s report, I have thought about the fences that keep people in and out—the fences that keep too many of our Fort Worth kids from access to opportunity.
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Report shows 1 in 3 students meet grade level in Fort Worth [video]
Published: 08/12/2024
Source: KDFW Fox 4
Author(s): Gabby Brewster
FWEP CEO Brent Beasley discusses the results from the organization's 2024 annual report on the academic performance of schools in Fort Worth.
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‘A moral and civic crisis’: Academic performance in Fort Worth static as 1 in 3 students proficient
Published: 08/12/2024
Source: The Fort Worth Report
Author(s): Jacob Sanchez
Education remains at a standstill in Fort Worth, according to a new report. The Fort Worth Education Partnership, a nonprofit committed to high quality public education in the city, released its annual analysis of Fort Worth public schools, both traditional and charter. Overall, 35% of students who live in Fort Worth met grade-level standards — a 1 percentage point decline from the 2023 report.
Across City of Fort Worth, STAAR test scores dropped this year. Here’s what to know
Published: 08/12/2024
Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Author(s): Silas Allen
Across the city, only about one in three Fort Worth students met grade level on last spring’s state test, according to a new analysis of assessment data. The nonprofit Fort Worth Education Partnership released its annual report showing a breakdown of state test scores across all parts of the city on Monday. According to the report, 35% of students across all grades and subjects performed on grade level on last spring’s state test, a one-point decline compared to last year.
Fort Worth ISD third-graders still haven’t caught up after pandemic, STAAR scores show
Published: 06/14/2024
Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Author(s): Lina Ruiz and Silas Allen
More than two years after Texas schools reopened, Fort Worth students’ academic performance continues to lag behind pre-pandemic norms, according to state test scores released Friday.
The new data underscores the uphill battle for students and teachers attempting to rebound from the impacts of the pandemic while the Texas Education Agency has added changes to State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, including the use of artificial intelligence to grade written answers that was rolled out this spring and a new format that launched in spring 2023.
Fort Worth-area school districts see stagnant 2024 STAAR results
Published: 06/14/2024
Source: Fort Worth Report
Author(s): Jacob Sanchez and Matthew Sgroi
Newly released state standardized test results from spring 2024 show schools in the city saw a 1 percentage-point drop in the number of students meeting grade level across subjects, according to the Fort Worth Education Partnership. The Texas Education Agency released results for third- through eighth-grade reading and math tests.
College tours help Young Women’s Leadership Academy students broaden learning horizons
Published: 02/27/2024
Source: Fort Worth Report
Author(s): Olla Mokhtar
Alexia Hernandez, a junior at Fort Worth ISD’s Young Women’s Leadership Academy, is still weighing her options for colleges.
A $7,500 grant awarded to her school will allow her and six other students from the robotics team to tour two faraway colleges. The Fort Worth Education Partnership grant provides funds for sophomores and juniors to visit the University of Texas at El Paso and New Mexico State University in Las Cruces.
A $7,500 grant awarded to her school will allow her and six other students from the robotics team to tour two faraway colleges. The Fort Worth Education Partnership grant provides funds for sophomores and juniors to visit the University of Texas at El Paso and New Mexico State University in Las Cruces.
No more letter grades? Here’s what Fort Worth ISD parents will see on report cards
Published: 01/26/2024
Source: Fort Worth Star- Telegram
Author(s): Silas Allen
In the next few years, parents of elementary students in the Fort Worth Independent School District will no longer see letter grades on their kids’ report cards.
Fort Worth ISD officials are planning to shift to a new grading model for lower grades that shows parents how students are performing against state standards instead of a raw percentage for each subject. It’s one of a pair of changes the district is making with an eye toward giving parents more information about how their kids are doing academically.
Fort Worth ISD officials are planning to shift to a new grading model for lower grades that shows parents how students are performing against state standards instead of a raw percentage for each subject. It’s one of a pair of changes the district is making with an eye toward giving parents more information about how their kids are doing academically.
The Best Way to Teach Reading Is Proven — What Mississippi, Colorado Get Right
Published: 12/19/2023
Source: The 74
Author(s): Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
Texas lawmakers passed a measure at the end of their regular 2023 session that helped move the state forward in its effort to improve reading outcomes. HB 1605 includes several elements, including creating a process and incentives for districts to purchase high quality instructional materials approved by the State Board of Education. Importantly, it also bans the use of three-cueing, an ineffective instructional practice commonly used in balanced literacy that teaches young readers to rely on visual and meaning cues to guess a word.
Fort Worth parents don’t always know when their kids are behind. Could this plan help?
Published: 11/13/2023
Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Author(s): Silas Allen
Education advocates in Fort Worth say there’s a worrisome disconnect between where students are in reading and math and how parents think their kids are doing in school, potentially leaving parents with the mistaken impression that their kids don’t need any extra help.
‘Right where we left them last year’: Report finds only 1 in 3 Fort Worth students met grade level in 2023
Published: 09/19/2023
Source: Fort Worth Report
Author(s): Jacob Sanchez
Civic leader Pete Geren sees education in Fort Worth as being in a crisis — one that is hiding in plain sight and not being addressed.
One in three students across the city’s 12 school districts and 14 charter networks met grade level on the state standardized tests, according to a new report from the Fort Worth Education Partnership, a nonprofit committed to high quality public education in the city.
One in three students across the city’s 12 school districts and 14 charter networks met grade level on the state standardized tests, according to a new report from the Fort Worth Education Partnership, a nonprofit committed to high quality public education in the city.
Fort Worth citywide STAAR scores showed no gain over last year, report shows
Published: 09/19/2023
Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Author(s): Silas Allen
Fort Worth’s public school students lost ground in reading on this year’s state test, according to a new analysis of test results.
The Fort Worth Education Partnership presented its annual report on the city’s state test results at a Fort Worth city council work session Tuesday. Across all grades and subjects, 36% of students in the city scored on grade level, according to the analysis. That’s the same percentage as last year. Students made progress in math, climbing from 30% last year to 34% this year.
But results dipped in reading, with 44% scoring on grade level this year, down from 46% last year, according to the report.
The Fort Worth Education Partnership presented its annual report on the city’s state test results at a Fort Worth city council work session Tuesday. Across all grades and subjects, 36% of students in the city scored on grade level, according to the analysis. That’s the same percentage as last year. Students made progress in math, climbing from 30% last year to 34% this year.
But results dipped in reading, with 44% scoring on grade level this year, down from 46% last year, according to the report.
Are your kids reading on grade level? This Fort Worth parents group can help you find out
Published: 07/03/2023
Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Author(s): Silas Allen
Although students in the Fort Worth area have made progress in reading since the pandemic, an official in the Fort Worth Independent School District told its board last week that the district is still seeing worrisome declines in early literacy indicators among Black students in third grade and below. Officials say they’re working with the district’s new leadership team to give added support to campuses in the district that need the most help.
Empowering Parents Empowers Kids
Published: 05/26/2023
Source: The Dallas Morning News
Author(s): William McKenzie
Trenace Dorsey-Hollins is on a mission. The mother of two daughters and one stepson wants parents across her hometown of Fort Worth to know exactly how well their children’s schools are doing in subjects like reading and math.
Don’t let A’s and B’s on report cards fool you, the 38-year-old said during a conversation at her shared Fort Worth workspace one recent morning. Dig deeper into what data says about the school’s performance on state achievement tests. If you don’t like what you see, get active.
Don’t let A’s and B’s on report cards fool you, the 38-year-old said during a conversation at her shared Fort Worth workspace one recent morning. Dig deeper into what data says about the school’s performance on state achievement tests. If you don’t like what you see, get active.
With Fort Worth-area schools sinking, everyone must grab a bucket — even city leaders | Opinion
Published: 01/13/2023
Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Author(s): Editorial Board
Some crises call for all hands on deck. The discouraging record of public schools in the Fort Worth area and Texas more broadly is one of them.
If city leaders want to get involved in helping improve education, more power to them. It’s important that it be done the right way, respecting the school board trustees whom voters have chosen. Other leaders must try to be supportive, not supervisory.
If city leaders want to get involved in helping improve education, more power to them. It’s important that it be done the right way, respecting the school board trustees whom voters have chosen. Other leaders must try to be supportive, not supervisory.
Report: 1 out of 3 students in Fort Worth met grade level in 2022
Published: 09/06/2022
Source: Fort Worth Report
Author(s): Jacob Sanchez
The Fort Worth Education Partnership looked at the 141,500 students enrolled in 12 independent school districts and the 17,900 students in 15 charter school networks. The report examined only the performance of third- to eighth-grade math, science and social studies. That means slightly more than one in three Fort Worth students are performing at or above their grade. This marks an 8 percentage point gain from 2021. However, the 2022 figure is still 3 percentage points lower than in 2019, the last year before the pandemic.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Despite gains, Fort Worth students lag behind pre-pandemic STAAR test scores, report shows
Published: 09/06/2022
Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Author(s): Silas Allen
Although students have made significant gains over the past year, Fort Worth schools' performance on last spring's state exams still lagged behind the numbers they posted in 2019, before the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report.
Report: Most students in Fort Worth not meeting testing requirements
Published: 09/07/2022
Source: CBS News
Author(s): Jason Allen
Nearly two out of three students in third through eighth grades across the City of Fort Worth aren't meeting grade level on state tests.
The finding came in a report delivered to the city council this week, breaking down student performance across the city, rather than individual districts or schools.
The finding came in a report delivered to the city council this week, breaking down student performance across the city, rather than individual districts or schools.
