Resolution on high-stakes testing causing a stir nationwide

So, far we’ve heard from 46 school districts across Texas that have adopted the board resolution originally drafted by the North Texas Regional Consortium, tweaked by TASA and posted on our website for use by districts statewide.

Another 20 or so have contacted me to let me know it’s on their agenda for later this month or early April. And I’m sure there are more out there we haven’t heard from.

But already, the resolution is causing a stir. The Houston Chronicle ran a story about the resolution and backlash to standardized testing on its front page Monday and Diane Ravitch tweeted about the resolution Monday night to her 27,000 plus followers on Twitter. That caught the attention of Valerie Strauss, education writer for The Washington Post and author of the widely read blog The Answer Sheet. Strauss emailed last night asking for details about the resolution.

Texas school districts are taking a bold stand against the over-reliance on standardized tests and what it’s doing to our public schools. Below is the list of districts that have adopted the resolution so far. Please email me at jcaputo@tasanet.org if we need to add your district to the list.

Blue Ridge ISD 

Coppell ISD 

Lewisville ISD

Hereford ISD 

Manor ISD 

Community ISD 

McKinney ISD 

Clear Creek ISD 

Plano ISD 

Northwest ISD

Richardson ISD

Allen ISD

Highland Park ISD (Dallas) 

Frisco ISD

Goliad ISD

New Boston ISD 

Longview ISD 

Hillsboro ISD 

Mineral Wells ISD 

Union Grove ISD 

Friendswood ISD 

La Feria ISD 

Klondike ISD 

Poth ISD 

Mercedes ISD 

Clarksville ISD 

Burleson ISD  

Spearman ISD 

Palmer ISD 

Boles ISD 

Royal ISD 

Kaufman ISD 

Granbury ISD 

Seminole ISD 

Wall ISD 

Alvin ISD

Bland ISD 

Chisum ISD 

Channing ISD 

Palacios ISD 

Mesquite ISD 

Burkburnett ISD

Bloomburg ISD 

Iowa Park ISD

Stockdale ISD 
Shamrock ISD