DISD's preliminary good TAKS news
This year's TAKS scores for Dallas schools is aptly summed up in the headline in today's story on the results: "No High School Left Behind."
Each year, after TAKS scores come in, the state hands out one of four rankings -- exemplary, recognized, acceptable and unacceptable - to every school. The fact that every Dallas high school has preliminarily earned at least an acceptable ranking is a terrific achievement. Last year, nine high schools were rated unacceptable.
If these scores hold up over the summer, when a final analysis is done on them, this will be a real feat for the district. Students, teachers, principals, administrators and the superintendent will all deserve our praise.
There are some serious accomplishments when you move beyond high school, too. At the middle school level, Irma Rangel All Girls Middle School and Greiner Middle School were among the schools reaching the exemplary level. That is one hard goal to obtain, especially for middle schools, where students across the country usually fall behind.
Looking at the results as a whole, it's particularly pleasing to see progress in so many schools south of the Trinity. There's Greiner breaking through to the exemplary category. And then there's Sunset, Adamson and
Each year, after TAKS scores come in, the state hands out one of four rankings -- exemplary, recognized, acceptable and unacceptable - to every school. The fact that every Dallas high school has preliminarily earned at least an acceptable ranking is a terrific achievement. Last year, nine high schools were rated unacceptable.
If these scores hold up over the summer, when a final analysis is done on them, this will be a real feat for the district. Students, teachers, principals, administrators and the superintendent will all deserve our praise.
There are some serious accomplishments when you move beyond high school, too. At the middle school level, Irma Rangel All Girls Middle School and Greiner Middle School were among the schools reaching the exemplary level. That is one hard goal to obtain, especially for middle schools, where students across the country usually fall behind.
Looking at the results as a whole, it's particularly pleasing to see progress in so many schools south of the Trinity. There's Greiner breaking through to the exemplary category. And then there's Sunset, Adamson and