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Direct linkSimpson, Eric – Journal of Staff Development, 2015
When leaders in Lewisville Independent School District in Texas saw the district's writing scores on STAAR--the Texas standardized tests introduced in 2011--they panicked. They were not alone. The response from many neighboring districts, and from some of Lewisville's own campuses, was a renewed commitment to summer and after-school drill-and-kill…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Reading Improvement, Writing Improvement, Educational Change
