Office of the Superintendent of Schools
Office of Academics
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Consideration And Adoption Of Temporary Goal Progress Measures And Targets For School Year 2025-2026
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The Houston Independent School District (HISD) School Board is asked to consider and approve a temporary revision to Goal Progress Measures (GPMs) that currently report measures of academic progress (MAP) proficiency outcomes for the 2025-2026 school year.
NWEA has updated the MAP growth test with a new design that better aligns questions to each grade level. Because of this update, results from previous years cannot be directly compared to results from this year. MAP will still provide data on student growth, percentile ranks, and projected proficiency, and results from this year will serve as the new baseline for comparisons beginning in 2026-2027.
To maintain accuracy and validity during this transition, the HISD administration proposes that all GPMs using MAP data that measure proficiency (1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.4, 3.5, and 4.3) instead report growth metrics for the 2025-2026 school year only.
This temporary adjustment ensures that district progress can continue to be monitored using a valid metric while data is gathered to establish new proficiency baselines at end-of-year (EOY) 2025-2026.
Upon approval, the revised progress measures will begin with middle-of-year (MOY) reporting and will continue to be reported through EOY, and proficiency-based GPMs will be reinstated beginning in 2026-2027.
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THIS ITEM DOES NOT ESTABLISH, MODIFY, OR DELETE BOARD POLICY.
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RECOMMENDED: That the School Board accepts and adopts the goal progress measures and targets as provided, effective November 14, 2025.