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Entries tagged with 'TAKS'Hinojosa: Very few Lang MS students held back over TAKSI talked to DISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa this afternoon about the Lang Middle School TAKS retesting situation. Lest you missed it, about 400 recent eighth-graders at Lang had to interrupt their summer break to retake the TAKS math exam after... Of TAKS and Texas Projection MeasuresI've been up to my eyeballs in state school ratings. The buzz this year is all about the "Texas Projection Measure," which is, depending upon whom you ask, either a great leveler of academic playing fields or a statistical trick... Texas school ratings to be released this afternoonThe state is scheduled to release annual school and school district academic ratings at 1 p.m. today. The Texas Education Agency rates campuses and school systems based mainly on TAKS scores. This year, graduation rates are also figured into ratings,... Breaking news: 8th graders at Lang to retake math TAKS test.DISD trustee Ron Price just told me that he was notified today that all 8th graders at Lang Middle School will have to retake the math portion of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills -- this summer -- because... Trustees say state rules on Academically Unacceptable 5-year closures 'unrealistic'District trustees are balking at several proposals to revamp Spruce and Samuell high schools, saying time is too short and state demands are too extreme to pull off the changes before the start of the next school year. The two... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday's tray of hot district morsels ... ** An El Paso publication says school administrators there make more than in Dallas. I can't vouch for the report's accuracy. ** Mr. Teacher recaps the fist day of TAKS testing. ** Kids... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday's tray of hot district morsels ... ** I had no idea that bus drills were such a burden that "a dozen lawmakers" have filed bills in Austin to eliminate or reduce the practice. ** The bill to publish the... Dispelling the TAKS mystiqueOn today's frontpage, Holly Hacker and I try to dispel some of the bigger misconceptions surrounding the State's Most Important Test. Doesn't it seem that each year the aura around the TAKS gets a little further from reality? Help us... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday's tray of hot district morsels ... ** SOC basketball coach James Mays is under scrutiny for the grade changing scandal that cost his team two state championships. ** Unfair Park listens to Leppert (re: mayoral control of DISD) and... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday's buffet of hot district morsels ... ** Some DISD kids designed parade floats, and will get recognized today for the effort. ** Seven Lincoln students are heading to Washington to cover the inauguration. ** Sen. Royce West's law firm... Dallas ISD Daily DishWhat the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** Big fat slate of meetings today over at District HQ. They start at 1:30 with an audit report, and will end late tonight with a decision on whether to pay... Dallas ISD Daily DishWhat the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** KERA reports on how DISD is using computers to reach hearing-impaired kids. ** Houston ISD scores a coup in hiring its new HR director. ** "Sandy Kress, Jim Windham, David... Bye-bye TAKS 'must pass' mandate?Influential leaders in both the House and the Senate today unveiled a joint measure that would remove requirements that kids pass the TAKS in certain grades to advance. Here's the story. And here's a related idea for a scary Halloween... Dallas ISD Daily DishWhat the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** Mind of a Flapjack has some interesting ideas on TAKS "sub groups." ** Slate delves into merit pay. Wonder how long before DISD steals that idea from D.C.? ** The... TAKS vs. ITED vs. NAEPA couple of weeks ago I asked what was up regarding the discrepancies in the scores between TAKS and the Iowa Test of Whatever It's Called. Still curious about that gap, I was noodling around on the web and came... Iowa vs. TAKS -- which should we believe?So I'm reading through some of the recently released Campus Data Packs that the district's number crunchers put out, and I noticed something odd that I wanted to put out before the group here for some discussion. Why aren't the... What happens from Elementary to Middle Schools?As we have read, the Accountability Ratings have been published and Kent mentioned something that troubles me as a middle school teacher. We have a ton of elementary schools with Recognized and Exemplary ratings but the number of middle schools... This week's School Board agenda ...... was posted this morning. A quick perusal found a few things of interest. Lemme know what we missed: ** Big changes coming to Spruce High School: "Under House Bill 1, Texas Education Code 39, Section 39.1324 (e), the commissioner... The Texas Miracle? It's bunk, in case you hadn't heard.The Eduwonkette got her hands on an as-of-yet unreleased study about the so-called "Texas Miracle", the now debunked achievement gains in Houston ISD that many believe laid the way for No Child Left Behind. You can read the Eduwonkette's take... Number of district schools earning top ratings may double to 100So says a district press release: Preliminary results indicate that approximately 100 Dallas ISD schools are likely to be named exemplary or recognized by the Texas Education Agency when accountability ratings are released this August. The final ratings will include... |