2009 TAKS tests scores - Commended rates (Dallas, Fort Worth: low income, school districts, income)

[FarNorthDallas]

This is from today's Dallas Morning News. They have all the TAKS scores - passing rate and commended rate - of each test from these school districts. There are 27 TAKS tests taken between 3rd grade and 12th grade. I averaged them together to get one score for each district.

Commended is supposed to be like getting an A on the TAKS test.

Commended rate/district

70.92 Highland Park
64.70 Carroll
62.59 Coppell

59.88 Lovejoy
55.00 Sunnyvale (through 11th grade)
54.11 Frisco
53.14 Plano
52.55 Allen
52.37 Grapevine-Colleyville

47.70 McKinney
46.62 Lewisville-Flower Mound
45.66 Rockwall
45.40 Richardson
45.25 Keller
40.66 Hurst-Euless-Bedford

39.88 Celina
37.44 Wylie
35.37 Carrollton-Farmers Branch
35.22 Denton
35.00 Garland
33.81 Mansfield
30.03 Arlington

29.66 Little Elm
28.55 Mesquite
25.59 Irving
25.44 Grand Prairie
25.40 Cedar Hill
25.25 Duncanville

22.66 Dallas
20.96 Ft. Worth
20.18 DeSoto
13.92 Lancaster

[FarNorthDallas]

And here are the passing rates -again, all scores averaged together to make one score for the entire district.

Passing rate/district

99.51 Highland Park
97.85 Carroll
97.55 Lovejoy
97.11 Coppell

96.00 Allen
95.96 Frisco
95.86 Sunnyvale (through 11th grade)

94.80 Grapevine-Colleyville
94.00 Plano
93.33 Lewisville-Flower Mound
93.25 Rockwall

92.92 Keller
92.25 Richardson

91.96 Hurst-Euless-Bedford
91.62 McKinney
91.22 Celina
91.18 Wylie

87.81 Denton
87.59 Garland
87.51 Carrollton-Farmers Branch
87.14 Little Elm
86.74 Mansfield

83.55 Mesquite
82.77 Arlington
81.55 Irving
81.40 Duncanville
81.14 Grand Prairie

79.66 Cedar Hill
78.40 Dallas
77.45 DeSoto

74.85 Fort Worth
71.40 Lancaster

[FarNorthDallas]

Here's another list - districts ranked by percent low income and then their commended rates on the TAKS test (the same score as above, all commended scores averaged together).

% low income/commended rate/district

86 22.66 Dallas
76 13.92 Lancaster
74 25.59 Irving
72 20.96 Fort Worth

68 25.25 Duncanville
66 25.44 Grand Prairie

58 20.18 DeSoto
57 35.37 Carrollton-Farmers Branch
57 28.55 Mesquite
55 30.03 Arlington

52 45.40 Richardson
51 35.00 Garland
51 25.40 Cedar Hill

46 40.66 Hurst-Euless-Bedford
41 29.66 Little Elm

39 35.22 Denton
33 33.81 Mansfield

29 39.88 Celina
25 37.44 Wylie
24 47.70 McKinney
24 46.62 Lewisville-Flower Mound
21 53.14 Plano
20 45.66 Rockwall

17 45.25 Keller
16 52.37 Grapevine-Colleyville
14 52.55 Allen
11 55.00 Sunnyvale
11 54.11 Frisco

9 62.59 Coppell
2 64.70 Carroll
2 59.88 Lovejoy
0 70.92 Highland Park

[GraceTX]

Originally Posted by FarNorthDallas

Commended is supposed to be like getting an A on the TAKS test.

That's not entirely true. A commended status is reached by getting a scale score of 2400 on the TAKS test, but the percent of correct items is different for each test taken. For example:

4th Grade Reading in April, a 2400 was reached by answering 38 of 40 answers correctly (95%)

4th Grade Math in April, a commended score was reach by answering 39 of 42 answer correctly (92.8%)

It even varies from test administration. 3rd grade Reading in March required 33 of 36 to get a scale score of 2400, but you needed to answer 34 of 36 correctly in 3rd grade Reading in April.

[FarNorthDallas]

Originally Posted by GraceTX

That's not entirely true. A commended status is reached by getting a scale score of 2400 on the TAKS test, but the percent of correct items is different for each test taken. For example:

4th Grade Reading in April, a 2400 was reached by answering 38 of 40 answers correctly (95%)

4th Grade Math in April, a commended score was reach by answering 39 of 42 answer correctly (92.8%)

It even varies from test administration. 3rd grade Reading in March required 33 of 36 to get a scale score of 2400, but you needed to answer 34 of 36 correctly in 3rd grade Reading in April.

Well, that's what The Dallas Morning News said commended meant. I don't have personal knowledge. It apparently varies as to what it means from your description. Thanks for the clarification!