Current Academic Standards for Big Sandy Independent School District

The most recent performance rating for Big Sandy Independent School District under the provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act for federal accountability is “Meets Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)” and there are No Title I School Improvement Requirements. The same is true for each of the district's three campuses.

The most current performance rating for Big Sandy ISD is academically acceptable. Click on each campus to see the detailed report. The rating for each campus is as follows:

Big Sandy Elementary - Recognized
Big Sandy Junior High - Academically Acceptable
Big Sandy High School - Academically Acceptable

Definition and Explanation of Performance Ratings

1. Exemplary (meets or exceeds state exemplary standards)
The state exemplary standards are: 90% of students tested
passing for every subject tested as well as each of the student
sub-groups. The student sub-groups consist of: African- Americans,
Hispanic, White, and Economically Disadvantaged)

2. Recognized (meets or exceeds required improvement and within
10 percent of state exemplary standards);

Recognized standards are: 70% of students tested passing for every subject
tested as well as each of the student sub-groups listed in #1 above.

3. Academically Acceptable (below the exemplary and recognized standards but exceeds the academically unacceptable standard). The academically acceptable standards are: Reading/ELA 50%, Writing-50%, Social Studies 50%, Mathematics 35%, Science 25% (Percentage of students tested passing). Each student sub-group must attain these minimum passing standards.

4. Academically Unacceptable (below the state clearly unacceptable performance standard and does not meet required improvement).

Campus Report Cards – 2004-05 Currently Available- Click on campus to view report