Here we go - bragging again. Well, with so much going wrong with government, it's time we focus on some positive news. And the Lone Star State is tops for positive news.
Education Week released its Quality Counts annual report mid-January putting Texas on top. That's right - Texas earned an "A".
The report confirms that Texas does a superior job in crafting its own curriculum standards, which were created by the State Board of Education with input from thousands of Texans.
You might recall that Texas, along with Alaska, has refused to join the so-called "Race to the Top" effort this year to create national standards. We applaud Gov. Perry's standing firm not to fall into that black hole. If we wanted Texas kids educated like those in Washington, D.C., we'd be on that race (to the bottom).
Education Week released its annual Quality Counts report Jan 15, 2010, which this year focuses on the national standards debate and examines the quality of work states have done independently preparing their own standards.
Texas earned a grade of ‘A’ on standards, assessment and accountability, and ranked sixth in the country. The state earned a grade of 100 for both its standards and school accountability systems, and received a score of 86.7 for its student tests.
The report noted that 11 states said they had used the Texas standards when crafting their own standards.
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index4.aspx?id=7784
Full Quality Counts information is available at: http://www.edweek.org/ew/toc/2010/01/14/index.html .
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