Socorro, Ysleta ISDs
Named 2010 Broad
Prize Finalists
Socorro ISD and Ysleta ISD have been named as two of
five national finalists for the 2010 Broad Prize for Urban
Education, the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation announced in April.
Winner of the Broad Prize for Urban Education, an
annual $2 million award that honors urban school
districts making the greatest progress in America in
raising student achievement, will be announced in
October.
Other school districts named as national finalists were
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (North Carolina),
Gwinnett County Public Schools (Georgia), and Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland).
Socorro ISD was a finalist for the 2009 award, won by
Aldine ISD. The Broad Prize for Urban Education is the
largest education award in the country given to school
districts that demonstrate the best overall performance
and improvement in student achievement while
reducing achievement gaps among poor and minority
students.
“At a time when public schools are in crisis, these five
urban school districts are an example for other struggling districts because they have demonstrated that
students can achieve and improvement is possible even
in challenging times,” said Eli Broad, founder of The Eli
and Edythe Broad Foundation. “It is our hope that other
districts around the country will learn from the practices
these five districts are employing that are leading to
sustainable academic gains.”
In the 2010 Broad Prize finalist districts, a higher percentage of African American, Hispanic, and low-income
students performed at the highest achievement level on
state assessments in reading and math than did their
statewide counterparts in 2009. The districts also made
progress in closing academic achievement gaps among
minority and low-income students. Additionally, all five
districts made notable gains in preparing students
academically for college, as shown, for example, by
increased participation rates by minority students on
SAT, ACT, and Advanced Placement exams.
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