High Performance
Schools Consortium
An Overview
The Consortium
• Established by 82nd Legislature,
Senate Bill 1557
• Methods for transforming public schools
– Digital Learning
– High Performance Learning Standards
– Multiple Assessments
– Community-Based Accountability
• Districts selected based on application
Consortium Districts
• 23 participating districts
• Diversity among districts, campuses,
students and communities
– Districts as small as 105 students
– Districts as large as 52,000 students
– Rural, suburban and urban areas
– Representative of Texas demographics
Consortium Districts
School District
County
Enrollment
Anderson-Shiro CISD
Grimes
725
Clear Creek ISD
Galveston
39,209
College Station ISD
Brazos
10,805
Coppell ISD
Dallas
10,676
Duncanville ISD
Dallas
13,079
Eanes ISD
Travis
7,803
Glen Rose ISD
Somerville
1,627
Guthrie Common ISD
King
105
Harlingen CISD
Cameron
18,605
Highland Park ISD
Dallas
6,804
Irving ISD
Dallas
34,770
Harris
46,002
Klein ISD
(selected schools)
Consortium Districts
School District
County
Enrollment
Lake Travis ISD
Travis
7,412
Lancaster ISD
Dallas
6,164
Lewisville ISD
Denton
51,920
McAllen ISD
Hidalgo
25,252
McKinney ISD
Collin
24,733
Northwest ISD
Denton
16,626
Prosper ISD
Collin
4,847
Richardson ISD
Dallas
37,044
Roscoe ISD
Nolan
367
Round Rock ISD
Williamson
45,034
White Oak ISD
Gregg
1,449
Purpose of the Consortium
• Transform public schools by developing
an assessment and accountability system
that:
– Is not over-reliant on high-stakes tests
– Considers needs of the local community
• Improve K-12 student learning
– Empower students to innovate, collaborate,
communicate, create, synthesize, analyze and
problem-solve
The Call for Change
• Reduce the number of tests and the highstakes nature of tests
• Adopt high-priority learning standards
• Integrate technology into student learning
The Call for Change
Our current accountability system:
• penalizes districts with a diverse student
population;
• rates schools on its lowest scores rather than
the overall performance;
• fails to honor local control; and
• ignores future-ready learning skills needed for
success.
Future-Ready Learning Skills
To be competitive in a global workforce
environment, our students must be able
to:
•Innovate
•Create
•Think Critically
•Collaborate
•Communicate
•Problem solve
•Act ethically
•Leverage technology
Vision of a K-12 Classroom
• Relevant and engaging instructional
environments
• Critical thinking and problem solving are
the norm
• High-Priority Learning Standards grounded
in future-ready skills
• Academically rigorous
• Digital citizenship
Consortium Pathway
• Develop high-priority learning standards,
assessments and accountability systems
• Follow Consortium’s Guiding Principles:
– Digital learning
– Learning standards
– Multiple assessments
– Local control
Shared Vision
Our work aligns to other transformational
initiatives:
• Visioning Institute
• Resolution against High-Stakes Testing
– Adopted by 86% of school boards in TX
– Adopted by Texas parent and teacher
organizations
– Adopted by a number of chambers, city
councils and organizations across the state
Legislation
• HB 2824
– Filed by Rep. Bennett Ratliff from District 115
– Representative Ratliff is a former school board
member in Coppell ISD
– This bill amends current law to facilitate the
Consortium’s development of innovative,
next-generation high priority learning
standards and assessment and accountability
systems
Ongoing Work of Consortium
• Implemented in phases over the next
several years
• Deadline of January 1, 2018