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High Performance Schools Consortium

High Performance Schools Consortium. An Overview. The Consortium. Established by 82 nd Legislature, Senate Bill 1557 Methods for transforming public schools Digital Learning High Priority Learning Standards Multiple Assessments Community-Based Accountability

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High Performance Schools Consortium

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  1. High Performance Schools Consortium An Overview

  2. The Consortium • Established by 82nd Legislature, Senate Bill 1557 • Methods for transforming public schools • Digital Learning • High Priority Learning Standards • Multiple Assessments • Community-Based Accountability • Districts selected based on application

  3. Consortium Districts • 23 participating districts • Diversity among districts, campuses, students and communities • Districts as small as 105 students • Districts as large as 52,000 students • Rural, suburban and urban areas • Representative of Texas demographics

  4. Consortium Districts

  5. Consortium Districts

  6. Purpose of the Consortium • Transform public schools by developing an assessment and accountability system that: • Is not over-reliant on high-stakes tests • Considers needs of the local community • Improve K-12 student learning • Empower students to innovate, collaborate, communicate, create, synthesize, analyze and problem-solve

  7. The Call for Change • Reduce the number of tests and the high-stakes nature of tests • Adopt high-priority learning standards • Integrate technology into student learning

  8. The Call for Change Our current accountability system: • penalizes districts with a diverse student population; • rates schools on its lowest scores rather than the overall performance; • fails to honor local control; and • ignores future-ready learning skills needed for success.

  9. Future-Ready Learning Skills To be competitive in a global workforce environment, our students must be able to:

  10. Vision of a K-12 Classroom • Relevant and engaging instructional environments • Critical thinking and problem solving are the norm • High-Priority Learning Standards grounded in future-ready skills • Academically rigorous • Digital citizenship

  11. Consortium Pathway • Develop high-priority learning standards, assessments and accountability systems • Follow Consortium’s Guiding Principles: • Digital learning • Learning standards • Multiple assessments • Local control

  12. Shared Vision Our work aligns to other transformational initiatives: • Visioning Institute • Resolution against High-Stakes Testing • Adopted by 86% of school boards in TX • Adopted by Texas parent and teacher organizations • Adopted by a number of chambers, city councils and organizations across the state

  13. Legislation • HB 2824 • Filed by Rep. Bennett Ratliff from District 115 • Representative Ratliff is a former school board member in Coppell ISD • This bill amends current law to facilitate the Consortium’s development of innovative, next-generation high priority learning standards and assessment and accountability systems

  14. Ongoing Work of Consortium • Implemented in phases over the next several years • Deadline of January 1, 2018

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