New data supports the value of public pre-K for eligible Houston students, yet 41,000 are not enrolled
Kindergarten readiness data, released last week by the Texas Education Agency, sheds light on the value of attending pre-K readiness assessments are administered at the beginning of the year and include early academic skills like letter recognition, vocabulary, and counting. Additionally, students are assessed on emotional regulation and gross and fine motor control. For teachers […]
Progress Report: Key Education Trends Shaping the 2024-2025 School Year So Far
You may recall Good Reason Houston made predictions in August about the topics that will shape the 2024-2025 school year. Now halfway through the school year, we’ve seen some of those predictions materialize as expected, while others have surprised us. What stands out most is this: our progress reaffirms our belief in what’s possible for […]
2023 Kindergarten Readiness Rates in the Houston Region
Texas Academic Performance Reports (TAPR) is released annually and contains a wealth of data on our schools. This includes data on enrollment and academic achievement. In this blog post we examine pre-Kindergarten (pre-K) enrollment and Kindergarten Readiness data within the Houston-region. Note that this data reflects the 2022-2023 TAPR and we’ll update our analysis in […]
