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McAllen, Texas – Eleven McAllen Independent School District campuses have been named to the state Honor Roll as Star Schools. This is more than double the number from last year.
The Honor Roll is part of a national effort to identify higher-performing schools and highlight successful practices that improve outcomes for students.
It was announced that these 11 campuses are part of the 2017-18 Educational Results Partnership Honor Roll for high achievement and student success. The program, sponsored by the Institute for Productivity in Education (IPE), is part of a national effort to identify higher-performing schools and districts that are improving student outcomes. There were 729 public schools out of 7,508 in Texas to be recognized, placing the Honor Roll schools in the top 10 percent of all schools statewide.
The McAllen ISD schools include:
- Achieve Early College High
- Cathey Middle School
- Fossum Middle School
- Bonham Elementary
- Castaneda Elementary
- Hendricks Elementary
- Jackson Elementary
- McAuliffe Elementary
- Milam Elementary
- Perez Elementary
- Sanchez Elementary
Achieve, Cathey and Sanchez are on the list for the third straight year. Hendricks, Milam and Perez made the list for the second time in three years.
The 2017-18 Honor Roll is developed by Educational Results Partnership (ERP), a nonprofit organization that applies data science to help improve student outcomes and career readiness. ERP maintains the nation’s largest database on student achievement and utilizes this data to identify higher-performing schools and districts. Schools that receive the ERP Honor Roll distinction have demonstrated consistent high levels of student academic achievement, improvement in achievement levels over time, and a reduction in achievement gaps among student populations. For high schools, the ERP Honor Roll recognition also includes measures of college readiness.
“Educational success must be data-informed,” ERP Board Chairman Greg Jones said. “These Honor Roll schools and districts are improving student achievement and we have the data to prove it. It’s critical that the business community support and promote educational success as today’s students are tomorrow’s workforce.”
“These bright-spot schools and districts are implementing programs and practices that are improving educational equity and accelerating student success,” James Lanich, Ph.D., ERP president and CEO, said. “We need to shine a spotlight on their work and encourage others to replicate it.”
In Texas, the ERP Honor Roll program is supported by numerous businesses and organizations, including the Texas Business Leadership Council, American Automobile Association (AAA) Texas, Macy’s, Wells Fargo, Chevron Corporation and Enterprise Holdings Foundation.
To access the ERP Honor Roll, visit www.edresults.org
