The first school I taught at....

Sam Houston High School, which has been rated as “academically unacceptable” for five straight years and faces possible closure by the Texas Education Agency if it doesn’t improve enough to earn an “acceptable” rating, made progress nearly across the board. Sam Houston’s passing rate in reading improved from 73 to 78 percent this year, math passing rates rose from 44 to 46 percent, and science passing rates increased from 45 to 49 percent. Only social studies fell at Sam Houston, but this year’s passing rate of 82 percent in social studies is still high. HISD officials will not know whether Sam Houston made enough progress to get off the “unacceptable” list until a ruling is made by the TEA.