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East Central ISD trustees complete ISO training, focus on accountability, school planning and possible resource funding
Summary
At a required board training on Dec. 11, East Central ISD trustees reviewed Texas's accountability system (STAR/TEKS), the district's Quality Seats Analysis and school-planning cycle, discussed strategies to boost student outcomes, and heard that district rating displays as a C (72/100).
EAST CENTRAL, Texas — The East Central Independent School District Board of Trustees met for a required ISO training on Dec. 11 to review how trustees should evaluate and improve student outcomes, examine the state accountability system and discuss locally tailored school-planning steps that administrators say are intended to raise student achievement.
Trainer Dana told trustees the session was intended to pair the district's School Growth Strategy (SGS) work with the state accountability framework and to orient board members to the district's annual planning cycle. "If you look at the website, the overall district rating is a C," Dana said, adding the site shows the district's score and change-over-time history. "It tells you how many points out of a 100 the district received."
Why it mattered: the training reviewed how Texas calculates school ratings through three domains — student achievement, school progress…
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