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NEW: Houston school district fails to meet state standards

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State test scores released last week revealed that the Houston R-I school district failed to meet minimum requirements in three areas.

Houston failed to meet benchmarks in communication arts, mathematics and graduation rate. It met the attendance requirement.

Of the 2,203 schools statewide, only 900 -- about 41 percent -- met all benchmarks. About 75 percent of the state's 553 districts had at least one school that fell short of expectations.

Houston's elementary and middle schools met all marks, as did the Plato school district, Raymondville and Summersville Elementary.

State law requires that all students be tested in math and communications arts each year in grades 3-8 and once in high school. The state uses those scores to track the academic progress of districts, schools and specific student subgroups.

Any schools that fall short in at least one area must create a plan for improvement. Houston High School was placed in "school improvement" status, meaning it must take specific steps, prescribed by law, to show progress quickly. It faces sanctions because it is a Title I school, which receives extra federal funding triggered by a concentration of low-income students.