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Education Partners outlines Houston-derived NES model, cites multi-year student growth in pilot districts
Summary
Education Partners presented the NES (New Education Systems) instructional model to the Montezuma-Cortez School District board, describing embedded coaching, capacity building, and accountability tools and citing reported MAP/NWEA gains after one year. Board members pressed for clarity on costs, local adaptation and evaluation plans.
Education Partners representative Erica Burns presented the NES (New Education Systems) instructional-improvement model and described how the organization embeds coaching, principal capacity building and classroom accountability tools into district operations. "The number 1 variable in raising student achievement is to improve the quality of instruction," Burns said, summarizing the group's focus on curriculum, a rigorous instructional "how," and in-person coaching.
Burns said the group set a goal that students move 1.8 years of MAP growth in a single year and reported cases of two years of math growth and up to three years of reading growth in some Houston-area schools after one year of implementation. Board members asked how quickly results appeared; Burns said the model began implementation the previous August and showed a notable midyear jump on interim assessments.
Directors asked whether the Houston curriculum aligns with Colorado standards and how the model adapts to rural staffing constraints. Burns said Education Partners implements an instructional model that can work with multiple curricula and that Houston’s HISD materials are one example designed for NES. Board members sought assurances about evaluation and oversight; Superintendent Ramirez said the district would include performance reporting and an MOU with deliverables if the board approved federal-funds use.
The presentation included examples of classroom engagement strategies (turn-and-talk, multiple-response strategies) and a proposed support package of summer training for administrators plus monthly in-person coaching visits. Burns said the team conducts formal instructional evaluations three times per year and quarterly leadership check-ins to track fidelity and outcomes.
