Select Texas Districts Aim to Pilot Testing Reforms
Almost exactly six years ago, a handful of Texas superintendents were getting together to draft what would amount to a vision statement for the future of public schools.
Among the topics they tackled were student assessments and their role in the state’s accountability system. In the years since what became known as the Visioning Institute formed, debate over the issue has attracted the attention of not just educators but legislators, parents and business leaders.
The document that emerged after two years of their meetings reads like a prelude to the resolution that 80 percent of the state’s districts ...
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Debbie Johnson via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Progress....yes!
Kirk Holden
It has taken 20 years for 'teaching to the test' to reach first base. That is, it has taken severe remediation to instill even the barest conceptual framework for accountability where schools even pay attention to a core curriculum instilled in the students as validated by standardized tests. Congratulations, now we can move on to further improvements since we have moved from crawling (and not always crawling forward) to walking on our knees.
Adele Roberson
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Randy Best Is Going to Save Texas’ Public Universities, Or Get Rich Trying
The man who made a fortune on No Child Left Behind takes on a new market—online higher education.
Read this. It is important .Everyone needs to know what is going on in their state. Please pass this information on. The more we know the less chance we will have of being hoodwinked and bamboozled.
Alice Taylor
Quote= “What you give us we are going to take and use differently if you would just give us the flexibility,” he said. “And we are going to whip you in terms of test scores.”
I certainly hope so! Good luck! Your success will be a success for Texas kids.