Conroe ISD has received its preliminary results on the district’s standardized testing, and the results are positive, officials said. Overall the school district exceeded the state’s scores on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, scores for each grade level.

“We did well,” Conroe ISD Superintendent Don Stockton said. “We improved. We outperformed the state in every grade and subject area, which we’re very proud of, and mirrored the state in different trends.”

One of those trends was in third grade reading. The state’s percentage dropped from 79 percent of students meeting STAAR standards in 2013 to 76 percent meeting standards in 2014, and Conroe dropped from 89 percent passing to 86 percent. Stockton said those lower numbers likely indicate there was something about the test that affected how the children performed.

Stockton said he feels there are several factors that contribute to CISD consistently performing so well in comparison to the state average. click here for complete story