STAAR Spring 2025 End-of-Course Results: STEM Improves, Language Arts Declines

STAAR 2025 Results Overview

• 📊 The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has released the Spring 2025 STAAR End-of-Course (EOC) results for high school students.
• 📈 Statewide, scores in math and science subjects showed slight improvements.
• 📉 Conversely, there was a slight decline observed in English and history scores.

HISD Performance Highlights

• 🎯 Houston ISD (HISD) reported encouraging numbers, particularly in STEM subjects.
• ✅ Over half of HISD high schoolers met grade-level standards in Algebra 1, surpassing the state average.
• 🚀 The district saw a significant 13-point increase in Algebra 1 scores, along with slight gains in Biology, English, and History.

Superintendent's Message to Students

• 👏 Superintendent Mike Miles commended high school students for their incredible results and effort.
• 💡 He emphasized that while the STAR exam is a metric, the real importance lies in more students reading and performing math at grade level, especially in Algebra 1.

Upcoming Releases and Resources

• 🗓️ The TEA will release STAR results for third to eighth graders next Tuesday.
• ⚠️ HISD must avoid having any failing schools for two consecutive years to end the state takeover.
• 💻 Parents can check their child's school performance on the STAR tests via the khu.com website.