The Top of the World, Tyler Lovelace
Cedar Park Middle School, Leander ISD
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Agency News
December 17, 2009
Final Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) evaluations released by the Texas Education Agency today show that 81 percent of schools and 81 percent of districts met or exceeded the 2009 federal Adequate Yearly Progress standards.
December 16, 2009
The Texas Permanent School Fund Bond Guarantee Program, closed since March, will re-open in early 2010 and will once again back the bonds issued to pay for school construction. This will save Texas school districts millions of dollars in interest costs.
December 16, 2009
The Division of Accountability Research has issued a new report: Enrollment in Texas Public Schools, 2008-09. The report provides information on enrollment in the Texas public school system from the 1998-99 through 2008-09 school years, based on data collected through the Texas Public Education Information Management System.
December 15, 2009
A list of schools identified under the Public Education Grant (PEG) Program for the 2010-2011 school year is now available. The list identifies campuses at which 50 percent or more of the students did not pass TAKS in any two of the preceding three years or were rated Academically Unacceptable in 2007, 2008, or 2009 under the statewide accountability system.
December 10, 2009
The 2008-09 School Report Cards (SRC) for each campus in Texas school districts are now available from the Texas Education Agency.
December 10, 2009
Published annually since the 1991-92 school year, the Pocket Edition reports a variety of state-level statistics on students, TAKS performance and participation, graduates and college admissions, attendance, completion and dropouts, accountability ratings, personnel and finances.
December 8, 2009
Commissioner of Education Robert Scott applauded the comments of congressmen and witnesses who today acknowledged the risk of making the Common Core Standards Initiative mandatory standards for all public schools.
December 3, 2009
The 2009 AEIS reports are now available. The reports contain a wide range of data about Texas school districts and campuses.
November 20, 2009
The State Board of Education today gave preliminary approval to revisions to two high school graduation plans to bring them in line with the Recommended High School Program
November 20, 2009
The State Board of Education, at the recommendation of consultant NEPC and the Permanent School Fund staff, on Nov. 20 placed Goldman Sachs on a manager watch list.
November 20, 2009
AUSTIN – The State Board of Education Friday honored 11 Texas businesses, organizations and governmental entities for encouraging employees to volunteer in the state’s 8,000-plus public schools.
November 20, 2009
Commissioner Robert Scott today announced the nomination of 26 Texas public schools for the 2010 Blue Ribbon Schools recognition. The award honors schools for academic excellence and making significant progress in closing the achievement gap.
November 16, 2009
A North East ISD principal has won the Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding School Leadership.
November 13, 2009
The Texas Education Agency, in collaboration with Epsilen LLC, and The New York Times Company, today announced the creation of Project Share, a new initiative that will build a portal system to expand the development and delivery of high quality professional development in an interactive and engaging learning environment and provide access to online resources, online course content, academic networking, and professional learning communities.
November 5, 2009
Accountability appeals changed the ratings of 19 school districts and 64 campuses, final results released today show. Seventy-eight percent of districts also earned Gold Performance Acknowledgments today.