College and Career Readiness, Community-Based Accountability, Digital Learning, HPLS, Latest News, Multiple Assessments, Organizational Transformation
The Texas High Performance Schools Consortium, a group of 22 school districts charged with informing the governor, Texas Legislature, State Board of Education, and commissioner of education on methods for improving student learning in Texas public schools, has...
Community-Based Accountability, Latest News, Multiple Assessments
TASA, in cooperation with the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA), hosted a special summit for members of the TASA School Transformation Network (STN) and other district leaders interested in next-generation assessment and accountability on November 30, 2016, in...
Community-Based Accountability, Latest News, Multiple Assessments
Due to the many problems districts faced with the spring 2016 STAAR administration, the Weatherford Democrat recently interviewed Dr. Jeffrey Hanks, superintendent of Weatherford ISD, a member of TASA’s School Transformation Network, on his views on the...
Latest News, Multiple Assessments
On Tuesday, May 10, 2016, TASA sent a letter to Commissioner of Education Mike Morath to outline specific problems and issues districts across Texas encountered during recent administrations of the STAAR. TASA also shared this information with key legislative staff....
Digital Learning, Latest News, Organizational Transformation
The following article is from the spring 2016 issue of INSIGHT, the professional journal of the Texas Association of School Administrators. It was written by Tom Vander Ark, CEO of Getting Smart, a learning design firm, and partner in Learn Capital, an education...
