Mike Miles is taking a victory lap. Last month, the Houston Independent School District’s state-appointed superintendent unveiled the district’s latest standardized-test results at a packed school board meeting. Since 2023, when the Texas Education Agency replaced HISD’s elected board and installed Miles, citing poor student performance, the percentage of Houston elementary and middle school students meeting state reading standards has increased by between three and twelve points per grade. Miles announced that the students raised their math proficiency by between three and fifteen points over the same period. The district showed the most dramatic success in two required high school courses, with the percentage of students meeting state standards rising by 17 points in biology and 23 points in Algebra I over the past two years.…
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