The goal of the Dallas Achieves effort is to transform the Dallas ISD so that all of its students graduate from high school, college and workforce-ready.  This will be measured in large part by Dallas ISD being recognized, through the Broad Prize, as one of the best urban school districts in the country by 2010.

The United States is not competitive on international exams.^[1]  In 2003, on the global scale, the U.S. ranks

• 17^th in reading
• 26^th in math
• 20^th in science

Texas scores are slightly below the U.S. median.^[2]  In 2005 it ranked

• 22^nd in math
• 34^th in reading

Dallas college readiness scores lags behind the state and most of the other large urban school districts.^[3]  The percent of student at or above the criteria on the SAT was 10.6% with a mean score of 858 compared to

• 40.2% with mean of 1032 in Austin
•  20.9% with a mean of 859 in El Paso
•  22.3% with a mean of 931 in Fort Worth
•  22.8% with a mean of 934 in Houston
•  4.6% with a mean of 815 in San Antonio
•  27.0% with a mean of 987 for the state of Texas

 

 

	2004-05	2010
Percent of Students Meeting TAKS Math Standard	60%	90%
Percent of Students Meeting TAKS Reading Standard	73%	90%
Percent of Students Meeting TAKS Science Standard	53%	90%
Percent of Students Graduating in Four Years	81%	95%