TEA: White Oak ISD Part of Reform Program

WHITE OAK � White Oak ISD is one of 23 school districts in the state selected to participate in a consortium that will develop new education learning standards, a new state assessment and a new accountability system for public schools, Superintendent Mike Gilbert said Thursday. That�s according to KETK and the Longview News-Journal. The Texas High Performance Schools Consortium will hold its first meeting next month, according to the Texas Education Agency.

�It�s quite an honor to be part of a group that�s going to affect the assessment process for the entire state,� Gilbert said. �We�re very honored to be part of that. We�re very excited to see what we can do to help make that process better.� The consortium will make recommendations to the Legislature in the areas of digital learning, standards, local control, and multiple assessments.