Arlington ISD sets 2025 student performance goals. Trustees worry some are unrealistic
Students in Arlington ISD face higher performance expectations heading into 2025, prompting some school board members to worry the district’s new goals are too ambitious.
At an Oct. 3 school board meeting, trustees were presented with the district’s annual goals for how administrators hope to see students perform year-to-year. The school board approved the new goals with a 6-1 vote, with trustee Larry Mike dissenting.
During the board meeting, Mike and other trustees advocated for lowering some goals in areas he felt seemed unachievable.
The school board sets its annual performance goals using measures including early education evaluations, attendance rates and scores from the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, tests. Staff satisfaction and student career readiness goals are also set.