Besides TAKS, how else can schools be accountable for turning out successful citizens?
Testing is here to stay, and it plays an important role in our schools. But test scores should be viewed only as one tool in measuring student performance. Tracking data on what happens to students after leaving high school is important in measuring success. Graduation rates, dropout rates, % of students entering junior colleges and 4-year colleges, % of students entering the workforce these are just a few examples of the type of information we should be tracking in order to determine how well we are doing, as a community, in creating successful citizens. The saying “it takes a village to raise a child” is true. Parents, churches, volunteer groups, and businesses should share responsibility for producing successful citizens. 3. The new school board will be faced with voting on new boundary lines because a middle school is being built in east Abilene and the high school enrollments are unbalanced. Some say one high school on multiple campuses would unify the city. Others say spreading t
