Educators, lawmakers, business leaders and community activists from around the state came to Austin on Friday, Oct. 3 to participate in Texas AFT's Forum on Testing Reform.
The forum presented new models for our state's accountability system--from Texas AFT and Raise Your Hand Texas--to explore the potential for getting the system back on track in the next legislative session starting in January.
Download the Texas AFT background paper:
Beyond TAKS (and NCLB): Putting Texas School Accountability Back on Track (PDF)
Download the Raise Your Hand Texas Texas model:
The Texas Star System: An Improvement Model for Public School Accountability (PDF)
Send your feedback on the forum or the Texas AFT discussion paper to Rob D'Amico at rdamico@texasaft.org.
Video from the Forum:
Rep. Mark Strama's reaction to forum comments.
Rep. Donna Howar'ds reaction to forum comments.
Rep. Diane Patrick's reaction to forum comments.
