This webpage provides:
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Source – Texas Data -
Institute of Educational Sciences (IES) Website
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Source – 2011 - PEPG Education Next Report
“Globally Challenged: Are U.S. Students Ready to Compete”
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Source – 2006 (Strayhorn), 2012 (Combs) - Window
on State Government
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Homepage: http://ies.ed.gov/ State data on 8th
Grade Science, http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pubs/stt2011/20124678.asp and then select
Texas from the map. |
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Article Title: “Why Can't
American Students Compete? Twice as many students in Singapore are proficient
in math as in the United States. (Even ‘brainy’ Massachusetts lags behind
Liechtenstein.) " Homepage:
Currently available at a related Newsweek
publication http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/08/28/why-can-t-u-s-students-compete-with-the-rest-of-the-world.html
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Are U.S. Students Ready to Compete: The latest on each
state’s international standing. (Includes access to the
full report and to a webinar.) Note: The report
makes use of two tests. The National Assessment of Educational Progress
(NAEP) is administered by the U.S. Department of Education;
the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), by the Organization
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). See the report for a
discussion of these two tests.
Homepage for Education Next: http://educationnext.org/ Homepage for
Harvard’s Program on Education Policy and Governance: http://www.hks.harvard.edu/pepg |
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2006 §
Data through 2006 - Carole Keeton Strayhorn Texas Comptroller of
Public Accounts – Texas Where We Stand - http://www.window.state.tx.us/comptrol/wwstand/wws0512ed/
(includes access to the full report) §
Fiscal Notes, May 2006, Comptroller's Desk - Carole Keeton Strayhorn
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts §
2012 -
Susan Combs Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts – Education – Public
Education http://www.window.state.tx.us/specialrpt/tif/public.html
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“In 1990, the Texas Legislature
established the state’s first accountability system for public education
based on school district and campus ratings tied to certain measurable
indicators. The system currently uses TAKS test scores, alternative test
scores for Special Education students, annual dropout rates and school
completion rates.” o
“The key criterion
of the accountability system is the competency of students in core subjects
as measured by testing against academic standards. The most current
standards, the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), became effective
on September 1, 1998. Texas
Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) testing based on these standards
began in spring 2003, and
accountability ratings using the new tests began in fall 2004.” o
“The 2007 Texas Legislature, however,
passed legislation that phases out TAKS for grades
9-12, including the exit-level test required to receive a diploma. In its
place, beginning in the 2011-12 school year,
ninth-grade students will take end-of-course exams in core subjects,
including those previously covered in the exit-level test. To pass these
exams, a student must score at least 60 points on a scale of 100; to receive
a diploma, students must score a cumulative average of at least 70 points
when all tests are considered.” §
2012
-Susan Combs Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts – Education – Higher
Education http://www.window.state.tx.us/specialrpt/tif/higher.html,
including discussion of the “Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s
(THECB) Closing the Gaps master
plan for higher education in state law” |
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