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Letter from the Superintendent Regarding STAAR

5/30/2014

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Dear NEISD Parents:

As our year comes to a close in North East ISD, we are so proud of everything our students have accomplished – both in and out of the classroom.  We appreciate the incredible support from our teachers, staff and you.

You recently received or will soon receive your child's STAAR and/or End of Course scores. We are required by the state to give these standardized tests. As a district, our students typically do well.  We are excited to announce that as a district we met standard.  In fact, in most areas we far exceeded state averages. It is important to keep these scores in perspective. This is just one measurement of student performance, and these tests cannot fully measure all that your child knows. There is so much more to a child’s education than one particular test on one particular day.

Although this data can be helpful in some respects and identify areas of focus, our district must concentrate on more than high stakes standardized tests. We believe in educating the whole child. We want every student to excel academically, be independent thinkers, work cooperatively, and overall be productive citizens in a global society. I, along with our school board, administrators and teachers have been very open about the fact that too much emphasis is placed on these tests and they do not support all aspects of learning.

We realize for our high school students, the End of Course exams play a significant role. If a student does not pass all five of those exams, graduation is not possible. We will continue to ensure that all students receive the instruction and support they need to be successful, including summer intervention programs and re-tests

Also, in grades five and eight, the exams are considered high stakes because students must pass them in order to be promoted automatically to the next grade level.

If you have any questions about your child’s test results, please feel free to contact your child’s teacher and/or principal.

Thank you and have a great summer.

Sincerely,

Brian Gottardy, Ed. D.
Superintendent of Schools


[Spanish Version]

Estimados padres de familia del NEISD:

A medida que se acerca el final de nuestro año escolar, en el North East ISD estamos tan orgullosos de todo lo que han logrado nuestros estudiantes – tanto dentro como fuera del salón de clase.  Apreciamos el increíble apoyo de nuestros maestros, nuestro personal y el de ustedes.

Recientemente deben haber recibido o pronto recibirán los puntajes de sus hijos en los exámenes STAAR y/o en los de fin de curso. El estado obliga que demos estos exámenes estandarizados. Como distrito, nuestros estudiantes normalmente salen bien.  Estamos encantados de anunciar que como distrito cumplimos con el estándar.  En realidad, en la mayoría de áreas sobrepasamos ampliamente los promedios del estado. Es importante ver estos puntajes con perspectiva. Estos exámenes son solo una medida del rendimiento académico de los estudiantes y no pueden medir totalmente todo lo que saben sus hijos. En la educación de los estudiantes hay mucho más que un examen particular en un día particular.

Aunque estos datos pueden ser útiles en algunos respectos y pueden identificar áreas de enfoque, nuestro distrito debe concentrarse en más que exámenes estandarizados de gran peso. Creemos en educar de forma integral a los estudiantes. Queremos que todo estudiante sobresalga académicamente, sea pensador independiente, trabaje de manera cooperativa y en general sea un ciudadano productivo en una sociedad global. Yo, junto con nuestra junta directiva, nuestros administradores y maestros hemos sido muy abiertos sobre el hecho de que se pone demasiado énfasis en estos exámenes y éstos no apoyan todos los aspectos del aprendizaje.

Sabemos que para nuestros estudiantes de secundaria, los exámenes de fin de curso juegan un papel significativo. Si un estudiante no aprueba todos esos cinco exámenes, no pueden graduarse. Nosotros continuaremos asegurando que todos los estudiantes reciban la instrucción y el apoyo que necesitan para tener  éxito, incluso con programas de intervención en el verano y la repetición de pruebas.

Además, en quinto y octavo grados, los exámenes se consideran de gran peso porque los estudiantes deben aprobarlos para automáticamente pasar al siguiente grado.

Si tienen alguna pregunta acerca de los resultados en los exámenes de sus hijos, no duden en comunicarse con el maestro o director de ellos.

Gracias y tengan un fabuloso verano.

Atentamente,

Brian Gottardy, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools
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