Lopez students held even and Porter and Rivera students lost a negligible 1 percent in all tests taken. Pace High School is holding a rally today to celebrate its gains. The percentage of sophomores passing all tests taken reading, math and writing tests has increased from 33 percent districtwide in 1994 to 84 percent this year. I am confident we will continue the work necessary to meet or exceed our goals. Some 2,000 Brownsville Independent School District 10th-graders took the tests.
Students take the exit-level tests for the first time as sophomores.
They must pass all three tests in order to graduate from high school. Elementary and middle school students will take other TAAS tests April 24-27. Only selected stories from The Brownsville Herald Newspaper are published on the Internet. To get complete coverage please subscribe to The Brownsville Herald by clicking here.