Cedar Valley Middle School

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<SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); DISPLAY: inline !important; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; FLOAT: none; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(34,34,34); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">Cedar Valley along with a few other RRISD schools applied to become part of what is known as the Texas High Performance Schools Consortium.&nbsp; Seven of the district's schools -- Cedar Valley Middle, Canyon Vista Middle, Walsh Middle, Grisham Middle, Caldwell Heights Elementary, Laurel Mountain Elementary, and Pond Springs Elementary Schools --&nbsp;were accepted into the Texas High Performance Schools Consortium.&nbsp; Congratulations Cedar Valley students, parents, and staff members for earning the right to help pave the way for future assessment in education. Keep up the great work.&nbsp; Below is the purpose of the Consortium.&nbsp; You can also click on the link to find out more information:&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><A style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(17,85,204); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" href="http://www.tea.state.tx.us/consortium/" target=_blank>http://www.tea.state.tx.us/<WBR>consortium/</A> <BR>
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<P>The Texas High Performance Schools Consortium is a group of up to 20 districts and open-enrollment charter schools charged with informing the governor, legislature, and commissioner of education concerning methods for transforming public schools through the development of innovative, next-generation learning standards, assessment, and accountability systems.</P>
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<P>The Consortium will address four principles:</P>
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    <DIV><EM>Digital learning</EM>--Engagement of students in digital learning, including, but not limited to, engagement through the use of electronic textbooks and instructional materials and courses offered through the&nbsp;<A style="COLOR: rgb(17,85,204)" title="Texas Virtual School Network" href="http://www.txvsn.org/" target=_blank>Texas Virtual School Network</A>;</DIV>
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    <DIV><EM>Learning standards</EM>--Standards that a student must master to be successful in a competitive postsecondary environment;</DIV>
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    <DIV><EM>Multiple assessments</EM>--Various methods of determining student progress capable of being used to inform students, parents, school districts, and open-enrollment charter schools, on an ongoing basis, concerning the extent to which learning is occurring and the actions Consortium participants are taking to improve learning; and</DIV>
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    <DIV><EM>Local control</EM>--Ways in which reliance on local input and decision-making enable communities and parents to be involved in the important decisions regarding the education of their children.</DIV>
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<DIV>Consortium participants will assist the commissioner in the development of reports concerning recommendations, performance, and progress of the Consortium to the governor and the legislature.</DIV>
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