Texas' readiness metric says the Black-White gap is closing fast. The test-score metric says it hasn't moved in a decade.
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TEA's 2023 A-F refresh document, the cut-score reset behind the readiness metric's movement. The live page has since 404'd; this survives as an archive capture. Captured 2026-08-01. Screenshot: Texas Education Agency, via the Internet Archive
Which gap you believe depends on which measure you trust. On the state's readiness checklist, the Black-White gap closed from 28.5 points to 11.4. On SAT/ACT college-ready scores it went from 33.6 points to 31.3, essentially frozen since 2012.
Scored college-ready on SAT/ACT, statewide
Dashed vertical lines mark breaks in the series: the benchmark was redefined between 2017 and 2018, and COVID broke test-taking between 2020 and 2021. Compare within eras, not across the lines.
The readiness metric converged because it counts routes that don't require a test score: career certificates, dual-credit courses, enlistment. The score gap didn't budge.
Both facts are real. The honest summary is that Black students' credentials improved dramatically while the test-score distance to White peers did not.
How does your school compare?
Every Texas campus, every student group, 2012–2025.
