Promotion Standards / Overview

Promotion Standards

The Houston Independent School District uses two different academic measures to decide whether a student will be promoted to the next grade level. They are course grades and a criterion-referenced test (High-Frequency Word Test or Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS.)) Stanford and Aprenda results will not be used as a Promotion Standard. Please note that attendance may also affect a student's promotion to the next grade level, since Elementary School Guidelines (.pdf) andSecondary School Guidelines (.pdf) define a limit of ten percent unexcused absences during the school year. For a student enrolled 180 days, the student would fail with 18 or more unexcused absences.

Questions may be directed to Federal and State Compliance at 713-556-6753.

	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8
A	Course Grades: State requirement of overall yearly average of 70 or above and a local requirement of an average of 70 or above in three of the four core courses: Language arts (average of reading and English), mathematics, science, and social studies.
B	TAKS: Passing score ("met standards") in reading and math on English or Spanish TAKS	TAKS: Passing score ("met standards") in reading and math on English TAKS	TAKS: Passing score ("met standards") in reading and math on English TAKS

Promotion Standards for 2011-2012 will be posted whenreleasedby the Houston Independent School District.