# Archived Information

# Slide One:

# 

# Title: Texas High School Initiative

## 

## National High School Leadership Summit

## December 2 to 3, 2004 (two thousand and four)

Barbara Knaggs

Office of Education Initiatives

Texas Education Agency

## 

## 

## Slide Two:

# Title: Texas High Schools Today

Bar Graph of Graduation Rates 1999-2003 (nineteen ninety-nine to two
thousand and three): Vertical simple bar graph comparing Texas high
school graduation rates (Y axis, from bottom to top: from fifty to one
hundred percent (50% - 100%) in increments of ten percent (10%), with
figures printed on top of each bar) for high school graduates in the
five years (X axis, from left to right) between 1999 (nineteen
ninety-nine) and 2003 (two thousand and three). Results described below
both with numbers and with words instead of numbers. No legend.
Background is navy (dark) blue with lighter-blue vertical bars and white
horizontal lines and text. Data is expressed as tenths of one percent.

(Results expressed numerically)

Class of 1999: 79.5%

Class of 2000: 80.7%

Class of 2001: 81.1%

Class of 2002: 82.8%

Class of 2003: 84.2%

(Results expressed only in words)

Bar Graph of Graduation Rates from nineteen ninety nine to two thousand
and three:

Class of Nineteen Ninety-Nine: Seventy nine point five percent

Class of Two Thousand: Eighty point seven percent

Class of Two Thousand and One: Eighty-one point one percent

Class of Two Thousand and Two: Eighty-two point eight percent

Class of Two Thousand and Three: Eighty-four point two percent

Slide Three:

# Title: Texas High School Today

## Exit-Level Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills Results {#exit-level-texas-assessment-of-knowledge-and-skills-results .unnumbered}

##  {#section-4 .unnumbered}

Simple table, three rows, two columns, with the cell in the first row
from the top and first column from the left blank. No lines. White text
on navy (dark) blue background. First row is the header for column one
(season and year, not labeled) and the pass rate (labeled and
underlined), from left to right. First column is the header for Spring
2003 (two thousand and three) and Spring 2004 (two thousand and four),
from top to bottom. Results expressed below in numbers and in words
instead of numbers. Data is expressed in whole numbers of percent.

(numbers)

## [Pass Rate]{.underline} {#pass-rate .unnumbered}

## Spring 2003: 49% {#spring-2003-49 .unnumbered}

## Spring 2004: 72% {#spring-2004-72 .unnumbered}

(words)

[Pass Rate]{.underline}

Spring Two Thousand and Three: Forty-Nine Percent

Spring Two Thousand and Four: Seventy-Two Percent

Slide Four:

# Title: Texas High Schools Today

## Postsecondary Enrollment Rates {#postsecondary-enrollment-rates .unnumbered}

**(paragraph, expressed with numbers, percentage figure is a whole
number)**

## A 2002 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board study showed that 56 percent of all 1999-2000 public high school graduates enrolled in Texas public higher education within 2 years of high school graduation.

##  {#section-5 .unnumbered}

**(paragraph, expressed with words instead of numbers, percentage figure
is a whole number)**

## A two thousand and two Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board study showed that fifty-six percent of all the graduating class of nineteen ninety nine to two thousand public high school graduates enrolled in Texas public higher education within two years of high school graduation.

Slide Five:

# Title: Texas High Schools Today

## Advanced Placement Participation

## From 1987 to 2003 (nineteen eighty-seven to two thousand and three), growth in participation in Advanced Placement in Texas greatly out-paced growth in participation in the nation. 

Simple table. Three rows, three columns, cell in the first column from
the left and first row from the top blank. No lines. Navy (dark) blue
background with white text. First row is a header for the years 1987
(nineteen eighty seven) and 2003 (two thousand and three), from left to
right, years underlined. First column is a header for Texas and the
national average, from top to bottom, state and nation not underlined.
Results are given below with numbers and with words instead of numbers.
Data is expressed as whole numbers, group sizes.

(numbers)

##   {#section-6 .unnumbered}

## [1987:]{.underline}  {#section-7 .unnumbered}

## Texas: 8,792  {#texas-8792 .unnumbered}

## Nation: 259,222 {#nation-259222 .unnumbered}

## [2003:]{.underline} {#section-8 .unnumbered}

## Texas: 90,880 {#texas-90880 .unnumbered}

## Nation: 998,329  {#nation-998329 .unnumbered}

##  {#section-9 .unnumbered}

(words)

##  {#section-10 .unnumbered}

## [Nineteen Eighty-Seven:]{.underline}  {#nineteen-eighty-seven .unnumbered}

## Texas: eight thousand, seven hundred and ninety-two  {#texas-eight-thousand-seven-hundred-and-ninety-two .unnumbered}

## Nation: two hundred and fifty-nine thousand, two hundred and twenty-two {#nation-two-hundred-and-fifty-nine-thousand-two-hundred-and-twenty-two .unnumbered}

## [Two Thousand and Three:]{.underline} {#two-thousand-and-three .unnumbered}

## Texas: ninety thousand, eight hundred and eighty {#texas-ninety-thousand-eight-hundred-and-eighty .unnumbered}

Nation: nine hundred and ninety-eight thousand, three hundred and
twenty-nine

Slide Six:

# Title: Texas High Schools Today

## Advanced Placement Participation {#advanced-placement-participation-1 .unnumbered}

## From 1995 to 2003 (nineteen ninety five to two thousand and three), Hispanic and African American students increased as a percentage of Advanced Placement test takers.

Simple table. Three rows, three columns, cell in the first column from
the left and first row from the top blank. No lines. Navy (dark) blue
background with white text. First row is a header for the years 1995
(nineteen ninety-five) and 2003 (two thousand and three), from left to
right, years underlined. First column is a header for Hispanics and
African Americans, from top to bottom, ethnicity not underlined. Results
are given below with numbers and with words instead of numbers. Data is
expressed as tenths of one percent.

(numbers)

## [1995:]{.underline}  {#section-11 .unnumbered}

## Hispanic: 16.9%  {#hispanic-16.9 .unnumbered}

## African American: 3.5%  {#african-american-3.5 .unnumbered}

##   {#section-12 .unnumbered}

## [2003:]{.underline} {#section-13 .unnumbered}

## Hispanic: 26.3% {#hispanic-26.3 .unnumbered}

## African American: 6.1% {#african-american-6.1 .unnumbered}

(words)

## [Nineteen Ninety-Five:]{.underline}  {#nineteen-ninety-five .unnumbered}

## Hispanic: Sixteen point nine percent  {#hispanic-sixteen-point-nine-percent .unnumbered}

## African American: Three point five percent  {#african-american-three-point-five-percent .unnumbered}

##   {#section-14 .unnumbered}

## [Two Thousand and Three:]{.underline} {#two-thousand-and-three-1 .unnumbered}

## Hispanic: Twenty-six point three percent {#hispanic-twenty-six-point-three-percent .unnumbered}

## African American: Six point one percent  {#african-american-six-point-one-percent .unnumbered}

Slide Seven

# Title: Texas High Schools Today

Bar Chart of Graduation Class of 2003 (Two thousand and three):

Vertical simple bar graph comparing Texas year 2003 (two thousand and
three) high school graduation rates (Y axis, from bottom to top: from
fifty to one hundred percent (50% - 100%) in increments of ten percent
(10%), with figures printed on top of each bar) for high school
graduates in various categories (X axis, from left to right, African
Americans, Asians and Pacific Islanders, Hispanics, Native Americans,
Whites, and Economically Disadvantaged). Results expressed below, both
with numbers and with words instead of numbers. No legend. Background is
navy (dark) blue with lighter-blue vertical bars and white horizontal
lines and text. Data is expressed as tenths of one percent.

(numbers)

African Americans: 81.1%

Asians and Pacific Islander: 91.5%

Hispanics: 77.3%

Native Americans: 84.7%

Whites: 89.8%

Economically Disadvantaged: 77.8%

(words)

African Americans: Eighty one point one percent

Asians and Pacific Islander: Ninety one point five percent

Hispanics: Seventy-seven point three percent

Native Americans: Eighty-four point seven percent

Whites: Eighty-nine point right percent

Economically Disadvantaged: Seventy seven point eight percent

Slide Eight:

# Title: Texas High Schools Today

Bar Chart of Passing Rates Exit - Level Texas Assessment of Knowledge
and Skills Class of 2004 (two thousand and four)

Vertical simple bar graph comparing Texas year 2004 (two thousand and
three) Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills passing rates (Y axis,
from bottom to top: from zero to one hundred percent (0% - 100%) in
increments of twenty percent (20%), with figures printed on top of each
bar) for high school graduates in various categories (X axis, from left
to right, African Americans, Hispanics, Whites, and Economically
Disadvantaged). Results expressed below, both with numbers and with
words instead of numbers. No legend. Background is navy (dark) blue with
lighter-blue vertical bars and white horizontal lines and text. Data is
expressed as whole numbers of percent.

(numbers)

African American: 58%

Hispanic: 61%

White: 83%

Economically Disadvantaged: 58%

(words)

African American: Fifty-eight percent

Hispanic: Sixty-one percent

White: Eighty-three percent

Economically Disadvantaged: Fifty-eight percent

Slide Nine:

# Title: Texas High Schools Today

## College Readiness {#college-readiness .unnumbered}

## Percent of Students Met Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Standard for Higher Education Readiness {#percent-of-students-met-texas-higher-education-coordinating-board-standard-for-higher-education-readiness .unnumbered}

Simple table. Six rows, three columns, cell in the first column from the
left and first row from the top blank. No lines. Navy (dark) blue
background with white text. First row is a header for the subjects
English Language Arts and Math, subjects underlined. First column is a
header for All Students, African American, Hispanic, and White, from top
to bottom, ethnicity not underlined. Results are given below with
numbers and with words instead of numbers. Data is expressed as whole
units of percent.

(numbers)

## [English Language Arts]{.underline}  {#english-language-arts .unnumbered}

## All Students: 28% {#all-students-28 .unnumbered}

## African American: 18% {#african-american-18 .unnumbered}

## Hispanic: 20% {#hispanic-20 .unnumbered}

## White: 36% {#white-36 .unnumbered}

## [Math]{.underline} {#math .unnumbered}

## All Students: 42% {#all-students-42 .unnumbered}

## African American: 21% {#african-american-21 .unnumbered}

## Hispanic: 28% {#hispanic-28 .unnumbered}

## White: 55% {#white-55 .unnumbered}

(words)

## [English Language Arts]{.underline}  {#english-language-arts-1 .unnumbered}

## All Students: Twenty-eight percent {#all-students-twenty-eight-percent .unnumbered}

## African American: Eighteen percent {#african-american-eighteen-percent .unnumbered}

## Hispanic: Twenty percent {#hispanic-twenty-percent .unnumbered}

## White: Thirty-six percent {#white-thirty-six-percent .unnumbered}

## [Math]{.underline} {#math-1 .unnumbered}

## All Students: Forty-two percent {#all-students-forty-two-percent .unnumbered}

## African American: Twenty-one percent {#african-american-twenty-one-percent .unnumbered}

## Hispanic: Twenty-eight percent {#hispanic-twenty-eight-percent .unnumbered}

## White: Fifty-five percent {#white-fifty-five-percent .unnumbered}

Slide Ten:

# Title: Texas High Schools Today

## Higher Education Participation Rates {#higher-education-participation-rates .unnumbered}

Simple table. five rows, two columns, cell in the first column from the
left and first row from the top blank. No lines. Navy (dark) blue
background with white text. First row is a header for the subjects
ethnicity, not labeled, and participation rate, labeled and underlined.
First column is a header for Hispanic, African American, White, and the
U.S. population as a whole, ethnicity not underlined. Results are given
below with numbers and with words instead of numbers. Data is expressed
as tenths of one percent.

(numbers)

##   {#section-15 .unnumbered}

## Hispanic: 3.7% {#hispanic-3.7 .unnumbered}

## African American: 4.6% {#african-american-4.6 .unnumbered}

## White: 5.0% {#white-5.0 .unnumbered}

## Nation: 5.4% {#nation-5.4 .unnumbered}

(words)

##   {#section-16 .unnumbered}

## Hispanic: three point seven percent {#hispanic-three-point-seven-percent .unnumbered}

## African American: four point six percent {#african-american-four-point-six-percent .unnumbered}

## White: five point zero percent {#white-five-point-zero-percent .unnumbered}

## Nation: five point four percent {#nation-five-point-four-percent .unnumbered}

Slide Eleven:

# Title: Texas High Schools Today

## College Success {#college-success .unnumbered}

## The number of Hispanic and African American students who receive bachelor's degrees is well below their proportions in the state's (Texas's) population.

Slide Twelve:

## 

# Title: New Vision for Texas

## All Texas high school students will graduate prepared for the full range of post-secondary opportunities. {#all-texas-high-school-students-will-graduate-prepared-for-the-full-range-of-post-secondary-opportunities. .unnumbered}

Slide Thirteen:

## 

# Title: How We Achieve the Vision

-   Promote a rigorous curriculum

-   Ensure that every student is taught by a highly qualified, effective
    teacher

-   Build leadership capacity for reform

-   Foster multiple pathways for learning

Slide Fourteen:

# Title: Programs Promoting a Rigorous Curriculum

## Texas High School Completion and Success Grants, Cycle 1 and 2

## Personalized Study Guide

## Texas Accelerated Science Achievement Program

## Texas Math Diagnostic

## Science Diagnostic

Slide Fifteen:

# Title: Programs Promoting a Rigorous Curriculum

## Texas High School Completion and Success Grants

## Thirty-eight million dollars in grants awarded to two hundred and twenty school districts

## Targeted to under-performing high schools

## Funding provided for programs designed to increase student achievement and college readiness and improve graduation rates

## 

Slide Sixteen:

# Title: Programs Promoting a Rigorous Curriculum

## Texas Accelerated Science Achievement Program

## Funding provided for after-school and summer school acceleration programs in science

## Targeted to under-performing high schools and high schools with low passing rates on science portion of Exit-level assessment

## Approximately ten million dollars in state funding available

Slide Seventeen:

## 

# Title: Programs Ensuring a Highly Qualified Teacher in Every Classroom

## Teacher Quality Grants

## TEXTEAMS Mentoring Academies

## Texas A and M University System Mathematics Achievement Project

## 

Slide Eighteen:

## 

# Programs Ensuring a Highly Qualified Teacher in Every Classroom

## Teacher Quality Grants

## Designed in collaboration with Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

## Supports the development of teacher training courses in math and science for grade six to twelve teachers

## Funded ninety-five sites to provide courses to teachers

Slide Nineteen:

## 

# Title: Programs Ensuring a Highly Qualified Teacher in Every Classroom

## TEXTEAMS Mentoring Academies

## Provides professional development, instructional materials, and resources to principals and science teachers at high need campuses

## Focuses on using data to drive instruction to improve scores on state science assessments

## Funding for twenty Mentoring Academies

##  {#section-24 .unnumbered}

## Slide Twenty: {#slide-twenty .unnumbered}

## 

# Title: Programs Building Leadership Capacity {#title-programs-building-leadership-capacity .unnumbered}

## Breaking Ranks Two Statewide High School Summit

## Breaking Ranks Two Trainer of Trainers Model

Slide Twenty-One:

# Title: Programs Fostering Multiple Pathways for Learning

## Comprehensive School Reform --- Texas High School Initiative

## Texas High School Re-Design and Re-Structuring Grant

## Middle College and Early College High School Expansion Grant

##   {#section-26 .unnumbered}

## Slide Twenty Two: {#slide-twenty-two .unnumbered}

# Title: Programs Fostering Multiple Pathways for Learning

## Texas High School Project --- Early College High School Initiative 

## Texas High School Project --- Re-Designed High School Initiative

## Texas High School Project --- New Schools Initiative

1.  

Slide Twenty-Three:

# Title: Programs Fostering Multiple Pathways for Learning

## Comprehensive School Reform --- Texas High School Initiative

## Directed half of Title One, Part F --- Comprehensive School Reform funding to high schools

## Awarded twelve million dollars to eighty-three high school campuses

## Provides funding for innovative, school-wide improvements, covering all aspects of a high school's operations 

Slide Twenty-Four:

# Title: Programs Fostering Multiple Pathways for Learning

## Texas High School Redesign and Restructuring Grant

## Funding to build capacity for school-wide reform at high schools that have been designated as low-performing under the Texas Accountability Rating system

## Aligned with state sanctions regarding low-performing campuses 

Slide Twenty-Five:

# Title: Programs Fostering Multiple Pathways for Learning

## Texas High School Project---Early College High School Initiative

## Establishes fifteen small high schools that integrate college and kindergarten to grade twelve instructional programs, enabling students to graduate with an Associate's degree or sixty hours toward a baccalaureate degree

## Schools target Hispanic and African American students and first-generation college-goers

Slide Twenty-Six:

## 

# Title: Programs Fostering Multiple Pathways for Learning

Texas High School Project --- Re-Designed High School Initiative

## Funds the redesign of existing comprehensive high schools into smaller, focused learning communities

## New smaller schools will offer a challenging curriculum with personal attention and high expectations for all students 

## Inviting proposals from seven districts in high need areas of the state

Slide Twenty-Seven:

# Title: Programs Fostering Multiple Pathways for Learning

## Texas High School Project --- New Schools Initiative

## Funds the replication of successful models by high-performing school operators 

## Creates a network of quality high schools in areas of need throughout the state 

## Inviting proposals from selected new school operators

Slide Twenty-Eight:

# Title: Resources

## Texas Education Agency --- Division of Discretionary Grants www.tea.state.tx.us/opge/

##  {#section-28 .unnumbered}

## Texas High School Project --- Communities Foundation of Texas [www.cftexas.org](http://www.cftexas.org/)

# 

Slide Twenty-Nine:

# 

# Title: Contact Information

## For more information about the Texas High School Initiative, please contact Christi Martin or Barbara Knaggs.

Christi Martin

Senior Advisor

Education Initiatives

Texas Education Agency

William B. Travis Building

1701 North Congress Avenue

Austin, Texas 78701

Telephone number: Area code (512); 936-6060

christi.martin@tea.state.tx.us

Barbara Knaggs

Program Manager

Education Initiatives

Texas Education Agency

William B. Travis Building

1701 North Congress Avenue

Austin, Texas 78701

Telephone number: Area code (512); 936-6060

barbara.knaggs@tea.state.tx.us