The commissioner of education may designate a campus as a Math
Innovation Zone if all participating grade levels of the campus successfully
fulfill the Math Innovation Zone fidelity of implementation requirements
in planning and execution of the program, as described in paragraphs
(1) and (2) of this section.
(1) To achieve fidelity of implementation in planning,
a school district must:
(A) submit a Math Innovation Zone strategic plan to
a third-party evaluator that will evaluate the plan against a publicly
available rubric that addresses the requirements of Texas Education
Code, §28.020(b)(1); and
(B) receive approval of the plan, based on the recommendation
of the third-party evaluator, from the Texas Education Agency (TEA).
(2) To achieve fidelity of implementation in execution,
a campus must demonstrate evidence of:
(A) sufficient student progress with a TEA-approved
online curriculum program, indicated by measures such as time spent
in the program, lessons completed, or skills mastered;
(B) sufficient teacher usage of a TEA-approved online
curriculum program, indicated by measures such as weekly logins, student
progress report downloads, or corrected student misconceptions;
(C) sufficient time for data-driven planning for teachers,
including successful completion of the full data cycle (gathering
data, analyzing data, and changing practice based on the data) to
improve classroom implementation of high quality instructional materials;
(D) satisfactory completion of professional development
opportunities for participating teachers that is aligned to the chosen
TEA-approved online curriculum program and high quality instructional
materials; and
(E) the administration and analysis of an approved,
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills-aligned interim assessment that
measures student growth and provides data to students and teachers
to support future learning.
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