Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS)
2009 Performance

The Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) was administered to our eligible students in grades 3-11 during the spring semester. These TAKS scores help us to look at program areas that need improvement.

Mansfield ISD TAKS Performance

Significant TAKS Observations

• TAKS performance is at the recognized or exemplary level at all grades in all subjects except grades 9 and 10 mathematics and grade 10 science.
  
• Three-year performance trends remain high or show an increase in the percent of students meeting state standards for all grades and subjects except for grades 5, 6, & 8 where slight decreases of 1-3 percent were noted in math or science. Although 3-year trends at grades 9 and 10 are positive, district performance in math and science do not meet district goals.
  
• District action plans aimed at helping students learn math and science are in place and new programs and strategies are being examined.
  
• At least 30% percent of students in grades 3-6 met the commended standard for performance for all subjects tested; grades 7, 8, and 11 in Reading/ELA; and in all grades tested in social studies and writing.
  
• A positive trend in the percent of students who met the commended performance standard was noted for all grades and subjects except in grades 6 and 9 reading and in grade 10 science.

Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS)
As mandated by the 76th Texas Legislature in 1999, the TAKS has been administered since the 2002-2003 school year. The TAKS measures the statewide curriculum in reading at Grades 3-9; in writing at Grades 4 and 7; in English Language Arts at Grades 10 and 11; in mathematics at Grades 3-11; in science at Grades 5,10, and 11; and social studies at Grades 8, 10, and 11. The Spanish TAKS is administered at Grades 3 through 6. Satisfactory performance on the TAKS at Grade 11 is prerequisite to a high school diploma.

SOURCE: Texas Education Agency