Shiner ISD reveals TAPR scores

In a very short meeting, Shiner ISD finalized and unveiled their Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) scores for the 2023-24 school year at the Jan. 15 meeting.
The district showed improvements in reading and math. As a district, Shiner ISD performed very well with all grades and subjects totaling a 93% score.
“The district also scored a 93% on English, Language Arts, and Reading,” Superintendent Alex Remschel said. “Math also scored 93% overall for the district. Science did great with 95% overall for the district.”
One area that dipped in scores was Social Studies at 86% for the district.
“Junior High struggled the most in Social Studies,” Remschel said. “We have already taken interim assessments and we currently have a plan to improve scores in that subject. Our scores are still very high across the board.
Even with the low score in Social Studies, we’re still doing very well compared to the state in our region. However, as a high performing school, we still have room for improvement.”
One of the reasons there was a low score in Social Studies was due to the fact that the test format has changed this school year.
“They changed the questions on the test to improve higher thinking skills,” Remschel said. “It went from a format that was multiple choice and some questions had six answer choices and you had to choose three answers that best fit the question.
The information on what we’re testing the kids is still the same, it’s just a different way of thinking on how to answer the questions. Instead of one right answer, there could be three correct answers to a question.”
Shiner ISD also approved a contract with the Lavaca County Elections Office and has provided information on the May 4 election. Those up for re-election are Place 1 held by Julie Gamez and Place 7 held by Jared Boedeker.
Current enrollment numbers at Shiner ISD show 691 students. This is equivalent to what the district was at the end of the 2022-23 school year. The district typically starts the school year at 700 students, but some students have moved during the fall semester.
Action was also taken in approving an extension of Remschel’s contract through to the 2026-27 school year.