Community-Based Accountability, Latest News, Multiple Assessments
Global education correspondent Rod Berger recently conducted a series of interviews with educators involved with the Texas Public Accountability Consortium (TPAC), a group of 44 Texas school districts working to build on the success of community-based accountability...
Digital Learning, Latest News, Organizational Transformation
Sunnyvale ISD, a Consortium Associate district east of Dallas, recently opened a next-generation learning space at its middle school. “We felt it was important to change the learning space because instruction has changed. We moved away from teaching kids in rows more...
Digital Learning, Latest News
In 2016-17, Beeville ISD, a Consortium Associate district, became the first Texas school district to make computer science a requirement for all 3,500 students at its six campuses. To do that, the district needed to teach its teachers first. It formed a one-year...
HPLS, Latest News, Multiple Assessments
The Texas Commission on Next-Generation Assessments and Accountability (TCNGAA) held its seventh and final meeting July 27, 2016, with 10 of its 15 appointed members in attendance. Preparation of the Report Prior to the meeting TEA composed a draft report of...
Latest News, Multiple Assessments
On July 6, 2016, the U.S. Department of Education released two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking. Together, they implement provisions of Title I of ESSA that seek to ensure states administer high-quality assessments that are worth taking and provide meaningful data about...
