Re: Grusendorf bill in Texas

[kceh <kceh@AIRMAIL.NET>]

Is the entire article online?
Thanks,

Carol

Richard Haswell wrote:
>
> Texas Rep. Kent Grusendorf, R-Arlington, has filed a state legislative
> bill to reform some of Texas's education problems.  Here are a few spots
> from an article by Lucy Hood in the San Antonio Express-News that might
> be of interest to ARN listers.
>
> In part, the bill would address the shortage of teachers in Texas:
> "This year, an estimated 45,000 teachers in Texas are expected to leave
> the profession, while in-state colleges and universities are expected to
> produce 14,000 teaching graduates."  The bill will make it "easier for
> those with a college degree to obtain their teaching credentials."
>
> "The bill also calls for upgrading the state's accountability system,
> which currently ranks public schools based on attendance, the dropout
> rate and student performance on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills
> exam (TAAS).
>
> "Grusendorf's plan would create a 'gold' status for those schools that
> showed acadfemic gains in areas beyond the TAAS, like student
> performance on advanced placement exams, and the number of graduates who
> go to college.
>
> "Rep. Scott Hochberg, D-Houston, declined to comment on much of the bill
> because he had not seen it.  But he said he agreed with the idea behind
> Grusendorf's gold standard.
>
> "'We do a disservice to schools by labeling them exemplary, because
> their kids meet minimum standards,' he said, referring to the basic
> skills required to pass the TAAS.  'There ought to be other criteria,
> and there ought to be other ways for schools themselves to boast on
> other accomplishments,' said Hochberg, who also is on the education
> committee.'"
>
> Rich Haswell
>
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