Dallas ISD Building Blocks for T ransformation September 2009 Vision T o be the best urban district in the United States. Dallas Achieves Transformation Plan Dallas Achieves Commission NCEA Curriculum Audit Principles of Learning Theory of Action: Managed Instruction with Earned Empowerment
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Dallas ISD
Building Blocks for Transformation
September
2009
Vision
To be the best urban district in the United States.
Dallas Achieves Transformation Plan
Dallas Achieves CommissionNCEA Curriculum AuditPrinciples of LearningTheory of Action: Managed Instruction with Earned Empowerment
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67.771.8 73.5
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2023.7 25.8
29.633.4
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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Texas Accountability System
for Students
TAKS Passing
College-
Ready/NCEA
Results
62.565.5
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10
20
30
40
50
60
70
2008 2009
4 Year Graduation Rate
(National Criteria Adopted in 2008)
Completed:
2002 $1.37B Bond Program ontime, under budget, no lawsuits
Passed:2008 $1.35B Bond Program
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43
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2006 2007 2008 2009
Organizational Health Index
120
61
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18-59 -30
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60
8000
20
40
Operating & Maintenance
($1,000,000)
Fund Balance
Surplus (Deficit)
* Estimate
**Forecast
2007 2008 2009 2010
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“Dallas ISD has improved more than any other urban district in Texas and more than all but oneurban district in the country in narrowing the achievement gap.”Brown Center on Education Policy
Brookings Institution
February 2009
“The Dallas Independent School District and the students it serves have made substantial strides overthe last several years. Its academic gains have been some of the most impressive in the country, andthe district is now viewed as one of the nation’s fastest improving urban school systems.”
Council of Great City Schools
June 2009
“Dallas ISD students are showing improvement on college readiness indicators… and (the district)has shown improvement on Broad Prize indicators. Among the comparison Texas urban districts,only Houston ISD slightly outperforms Dallas ISD. ”
National Center for Educational Achievement
December 2008
“Dallas ISD is pioneering a college readiness warning system and we are proud to lend our support
to it,” in announcing a $3.77 million grant. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
January 2009
“Top two public high schools in the country—School for the Talented and Gifted and School forScience and Engineering. Finding great schools is hard; finding our list’s two top schools closetogether in the same building is beyond belief.”
Newsweek Magazine
June 2009
“Dallas ISD principals and their teachers are no longer focusing on teaching to the test but rathercreating academically challenging assignments that will better prepare students for college and theworld of work. Dallas ISD has become an exemplar for urban schools as an effort based district thatfocuses on high achievement for all students.”
Institute for Learning
June 2009
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