
The test results by subgroup show how the designated group of students is performing in comparison to the general population
Scale: % meeting or exceeding standards
Grade 3
| All Students | 93% |
| Female | 94% |
| Male | 92% |
| African American | 88% |
| Asian | 96% |
| Hispanic | 93% |
| Native American | n/a |
| White | 96% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 91% |
| Not economically disadvantaged | 96% |
| Special education | 84% |
| Not special education | 94% |
| Limited English proficient | 90% |
| Not limited English proficient | 93% |
| Migrant | 89% |
| Non-migrant | 93% |
| Gifted/talented | 100% |
| All Students | 86% |
| Female | 86% |
| Male | 87% |
| African American | 77% |
| Asian | 88% |
| Hispanic | 86% |
| Native American | n/a |
| White | 91% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 85% |
| Not economically disadvantaged | 88% |
| Special education | 74% |
| Not special education | 87% |
| Limited English proficient | 83% |
| Not limited English proficient | 87% |
| Migrant | 88% |
| Non-migrant | 86% |
| Gifted/talented | 100% |
Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009
Grade 4
| All Students | 84% |
| Female | 88% |
| Male | 81% |
| African American | 78% |
| Asian | 94% |
| Hispanic | 82% |
| Native American | n/a |
| White | 92% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 80% |
| Not economically disadvantaged | 90% |
| Special education | 80% |
| Not special education | 84% |
| Limited English proficient | 65% |
| Not limited English proficient | 86% |
| Migrant | 78% |
| Non-migrant | 84% |
| Gifted/talented | 100% |
| All Students | 92% |
| Female | 96% |
| Male | 88% |
| African American | 86% |
| Asian | 100% |
| Hispanic | 92% |
| Native American | n/a |
| White | 95% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 91% |
| Not economically disadvantaged | 93% |
| Special education | 77% |
| Not special education | 92% |
| Limited English proficient | 83% |
| Not limited English proficient | 91% |
| Migrant | 88% |
| Non-migrant | 92% |
| Gifted/talented | 100% |
| All Students | 87% |
| Female | 88% |
| Male | 87% |
| African American | 78% |
| Asian | 100% |
| Hispanic | 89% |
| Native American | n/a |
| White | 91% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 85% |
| Not economically disadvantaged | 91% |
| Special education | 81% |
| Not special education | 88% |
| Limited English proficient | 79% |
| Not limited English proficient | 87% |
| Migrant | 90% |
| Non-migrant | 87% |
| Gifted/talented | 100% |
Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009
Grade 5
| All Students | 89% |
| Female | 91% |
| Male | 87% |
| African American | 88% |
| Asian | 100% |
| Hispanic | 86% |
| Native American | n/a |
| White | 96% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 87% |
| Not economically disadvantaged | 93% |
| Special education | 71% |
| Not special education | 90% |
| Limited English proficient | 49% |
| Not limited English proficient | 92% |
| Migrant | 78% |
| Non-migrant | 90% |
| Gifted/talented | 100% |
| All Students | 86% |
| Female | 85% |
| Male | 88% |
| African American | 83% |
| Asian | 100% |
| Hispanic | 83% |
| Native American | n/a |
| White | 94% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 83% |
| Not economically disadvantaged | 92% |
| Special education | 83% |
| Not special education | 87% |
| Limited English proficient | 51% |
| Not limited English proficient | 90% |
| Migrant | 78% |
| Non-migrant | 87% |
| Gifted/talented | 100% |
| All Students | 90% |
| Female | 91% |
| Male | 89% |
| African American | 88% |
| Asian | 100% |
| Hispanic | 89% |
| Native American | n/a |
| White | 92% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 88% |
| Not economically disadvantaged | 93% |
| Special education | 79% |
| Not special education | 90% |
| Limited English proficient | 62% |
| Not limited English proficient | 91% |
| Migrant | 88% |
| Non-migrant | 90% |
| Gifted/talented | 100% |
Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009
Grade 6
| All Students | 92% |
| Female | 95% |
| Male | 89% |
| African American | 91% |
| Asian | 100% |
| Hispanic | 88% |
| Native American | 100% |
| White | 97% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 90% |
| Not economically disadvantaged | 94% |
| Special education | 76% |
| Not special education | 93% |
| Limited English proficient | 56% |
| Not limited English proficient | 93% |
| Migrant | 89% |
| Non-migrant | 92% |
| Gifted/talented | 100% |
| All Students | 83% |
| Female | 85% |
| Male | 80% |
| African American | 80% |
| Asian | 93% |
| Hispanic | 81% |
| Native American | 100% |
| White | 87% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 80% |
| Not economically disadvantaged | 87% |
| Special education | 60% |
| Not special education | 84% |
| Limited English proficient | 58% |
| Not limited English proficient | 83% |
| Migrant | 79% |
| Non-migrant | 83% |
| Gifted/talented | 98% |
Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009
Grade 7
| All Students | 85% |
| Female | 88% |
| Male | 81% |
| African American | 83% |
| Asian | 100% |
| Hispanic | 83% |
| Native American | n/a |
| White | 89% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 81% |
| Not economically disadvantaged | 91% |
| Special education | 43% |
| Not special education | 87% |
| Limited English proficient | 14% |
| Not limited English proficient | 87% |
| Migrant | 74% |
| Non-migrant | 85% |
| Gifted/talented | 100% |
| All Students | 94% |
| Female | 97% |
| Male | 91% |
| African American | 91% |
| Asian | 100% |
| Hispanic | 95% |
| Native American | n/a |
| White | 93% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 93% |
| Not economically disadvantaged | 95% |
| Special education | 61% |
| Not special education | 96% |
| Limited English proficient | 68% |
| Not limited English proficient | 94% |
| Migrant | 98% |
| Non-migrant | 94% |
| Gifted/talented | 99% |
| All Students | 83% |
| Female | 84% |
| Male | 83% |
| African American | 76% |
| Asian | 86% |
| Hispanic | 84% |
| Native American | n/a |
| White | 87% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 80% |
| Not economically disadvantaged | 89% |
| Special education | 50% |
| Not special education | 85% |
| Limited English proficient | 40% |
| Not limited English proficient | 85% |
| Migrant | 83% |
| Non-migrant | 84% |
| Gifted/talented | 99% |
Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009
Grade 8
| All Students | 96% |
| Female | 97% |
| Male | 96% |
| African American | 95% |
| Asian | 100% |
| Hispanic | 95% |
| Native American | n/a |
| White | 98% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 95% |
| Not economically disadvantaged | 98% |
| Special education | 82% |
| Not special education | 97% |
| Limited English proficient | 63% |
| Not limited English proficient | 98% |
| Migrant | 91% |
| Non-migrant | 97% |
| Gifted/talented | 100% |
| All Students | 90% |
| Female | 90% |
| Male | 90% |
| African American | 87% |
| Asian | 100% |
| Hispanic | 88% |
| Native American | n/a |
| White | 95% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 88% |
| Not economically disadvantaged | 93% |
| Special education | 76% |
| Not special education | 91% |
| Limited English proficient | 50% |
| Not limited English proficient | 92% |
| Migrant | 84% |
| Non-migrant | 90% |
| Gifted/talented | 100% |
| All Students | 72% |
| Female | 69% |
| Male | 75% |
| African American | 59% |
| Asian | 83% |
| Hispanic | 68% |
| Native American | n/a |
| White | 86% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 66% |
| Not economically disadvantaged | 81% |
| Special education | 38% |
| Not special education | 74% |
| Limited English proficient | 22% |
| Not limited English proficient | 74% |
| Migrant | 67% |
| Non-migrant | 72% |
| Gifted/talented | 100% |
| All Students | 90% |
| Female | 90% |
| Male | 91% |
| African American | 82% |
| Asian | 94% |
| Hispanic | 91% |
| Native American | n/a |
| White | 94% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 89% |
| Not economically disadvantaged | 92% |
| Special education | 73% |
| Not special education | 91% |
| Limited English proficient | 64% |
| Not limited English proficient | 91% |
| Migrant | 91% |
| Non-migrant | 90% |
| Gifted/talented | 100% |
Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009
Grade 9
| All Students | 88% |
| Female | 92% |
| Male | 84% |
| African American | 83% |
| Asian | 100% |
| Hispanic | 85% |
| Native American | n/a |
| White | 94% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 85% |
| Not economically disadvantaged | 91% |
| Special education | 44% |
| Not special education | 91% |
| Limited English proficient | 20% |
| Not limited English proficient | 89% |
| Migrant | 80% |
| Non-migrant | 88% |
| Gifted/talented | 100% |
| All Students | 66% |
| Female | 68% |
| Male | 64% |
| African American | 53% |
| Asian | 88% |
| Hispanic | 63% |
| Native American | n/a |
| White | 78% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 58% |
| Not economically disadvantaged | 76% |
| Special education | 19% |
| Not special education | 69% |
| Limited English proficient | 16% |
| Not limited English proficient | 67% |
| Migrant | 56% |
| Non-migrant | 66% |
| Gifted/talented | 100% |
Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009
Grade 10
| All Students | 87% |
| Female | 87% |
| Male | 88% |
| African American | 85% |
| Asian | 100% |
| Hispanic | 85% |
| Native American | n/a |
| White | 92% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 83% |
| Not economically disadvantaged | 92% |
| Special education | 52% |
| Not special education | 89% |
| Limited English proficient | 55% |
| Not limited English proficient | 89% |
| Migrant | 84% |
| Non-migrant | 87% |
| Gifted/talented | 100% |
| All Students | 60% |
| Female | 54% |
| Male | 67% |
| African American | 51% |
| Asian | 93% |
| Hispanic | 54% |
| Native American | n/a |
| White | 74% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 51% |
| Not economically disadvantaged | 70% |
| Special education | 21% |
| Not special education | 63% |
| Limited English proficient | 15% |
| Not limited English proficient | 62% |
| Migrant | 45% |
| Non-migrant | 61% |
| Gifted/talented | 99% |
| All Students | 85% |
| Female | 87% |
| Male | 83% |
| African American | 83% |
| Asian | 93% |
| Hispanic | 82% |
| Native American | n/a |
| White | 91% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 81% |
| Not economically disadvantaged | 90% |
| Special education | 39% |
| Not special education | 88% |
| Limited English proficient | 23% |
| Not limited English proficient | 87% |
| Migrant | 76% |
| Non-migrant | 86% |
| Gifted/talented | 100% |
| All Students | 64% |
| Female | 62% |
| Male | 66% |
| African American | 51% |
| Asian | 86% |
| Hispanic | 63% |
| Native American | n/a |
| White | 72% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 58% |
| Not economically disadvantaged | 70% |
| Special education | 22% |
| Not special education | 66% |
| Limited English proficient | 18% |
| Not limited English proficient | 66% |
| Migrant | 58% |
| Non-migrant | 64% |
| Gifted/talented | 99% |
Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009
Grade 11
| All Students | 97% |
| Female | 96% |
| Male | 97% |
| African American | 95% |
| Asian | 93% |
| Hispanic | 96% |
| Native American | n/a |
| White | 99% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 96% |
| Not economically disadvantaged | 98% |
| Special education | 82% |
| Not special education | 97% |
| Limited English proficient | 58% |
| Not limited English proficient | 98% |
| Migrant | 94% |
| Non-migrant | 97% |
| Gifted/talented | 100% |
| All Students | 86% |
| Female | 85% |
| Male | 86% |
| African American | 80% |
| Asian | 80% |
| Hispanic | 82% |
| Native American | n/a |
| White | 94% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 80% |
| Not economically disadvantaged | 91% |
| Special education | 48% |
| Not special education | 87% |
| Limited English proficient | 36% |
| Not limited English proficient | 87% |
| Migrant | 76% |
| Non-migrant | 86% |
| Gifted/talented | 100% |
| All Students | 93% |
| Female | 93% |
| Male | 93% |
| African American | 95% |
| Asian | 80% |
| Hispanic | 90% |
| Native American | n/a |
| White | 98% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 90% |
| Not economically disadvantaged | 96% |
| Special education | 80% |
| Not special education | 94% |
| Limited English proficient | 19% |
| Not limited English proficient | 95% |
| Migrant | 81% |
| Non-migrant | 94% |
| Gifted/talented | 100% |
| All Students | 78% |
| Female | 79% |
| Male | 77% |
| African American | 63% |
| Asian | 80% |
| Hispanic | 77% |
| Native American | n/a |
| White | 89% |
| Economically disadvantaged | 72% |
| Not economically disadvantaged | 84% |
| Special education | 26% |
| Not special education | 80% |
| Limited English proficient | 36% |
| Not limited English proficient | 79% |
| Migrant | 82% |
| Non-migrant | 78% |
| Gifted/talented | 100% |
Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009
About the Tests
- In 2008-2009, the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) was used to test students in reading in grades 3 through 9; in writing in grades 4 and 7; in English language arts in grades 10 and 11; in mathematics in grades 3 through 11; in science in grades 5, 8, 10 and 11; and in social studies in grades 8, 10 and 11.
- TAKS is a standards-based test, which means it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Texas.
- The different student groups are identified by the Texas Education Agency; if there are a small number of students in a particular group, the state doesn't report data for that group.
- The grade 11 Exit Level TAKS is a high school graduation requirement.
- The goal is for all students to score at or above the state standard.
Testing in Texas: An Overview
See Texas' state standards
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