TAP Recognition Awards Recipients
TAP Award of Distinction
The TAP Award of Distinction honors an organization for its dedication and commitment to TAP: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement.
Recipients
2013Ascension Parish Schools, Louisiana
Knox County Schools, Tennessee
2012
DeSoto Parish School System, Louisiana
Lancaster Independent School District, Texas
Laurens County School District 56, South Carolina
Lincoln Consolidated School District, Arkansas
2011
Louisiana Department of Education
South Carolina State Department of Education
Texas Education Agency
2010
Algiers Charter Schools Association, New Orleans, Louisiana
TAP Ambassador Award
The TAP Ambassador Award honors a school that has gone beyond its campus to represent the principles of the TAP system and assist others in the state and region.
Recipients
2013Battery Creek High School, Beaufort County School District, South Carolina
Constitution Elementary School, Deer Valley Unified School District, Arizona
Donaldsonville High School, Ascension Parish Schools, Louisiana
Lincoln High School, Lincoln Consolidated School District, Arkansas
Queen Palmer Elementary School, Colorado Springs District 11, Colorado
Southport Elementary School, Metropolitan School District of Perry Township, Indiana
2011
Clinton Elementary School, Laurens County School District 56, South Carolina
Lowery Intermediate School, Ascension Parish Schools, Louisiana
Rolling Hills Elementary School, Lancaster Independent School District, Texas
2010
Cherokee Park Elementary School, Caddo Parish School District, Louisiana
Holston Middle School, Knox County Schools, Tennessee
West Hartsville Elementary School, Darlington County School District, South Carolina
Wilburn Elementary School, Wake County Public School System, North Carolina
TAP School of Promise Award
The TAP School of Promise Award honors a TAP school for demonstrated efforts while in the early stages of TAP system implementation.
Recipients
2012Aikin Elementary School, New Caney ISD, Texas
Carter Middle School, Knox County Schools, Tennessee
Judkins Middle School, Lucia Mar USD, California
West Goshen Elementary, Goshen Community Schools, Indiana
2011
Glendale American Elementary School, Glendale Elementary School District, Arizona
Lincoln Middle School, Lincoln Consolidated Schools, Arkansas
2010
North DeSoto Middle School, DeSoto Parish School District, Louisiana
Imani Education Circle Charter School, School District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Julian C. Gallardo Elementary School, Southside Independent School District, Texas
Jim Rex, Former South Carolina Superintentent of Education
"Through these efforts [implementing TAP], we'll reach the tipping point of moving from a pilot project to a full-blown statewide model of reform. A performance-based compensation system, using value-added measures that are reliable and transparent, will ultimately affect achievement for all students. . ."