Acknowledgments
The Comptroller gratefully recognizes the time and expertise of the many public education experts, school districts, state agencies, professional associations and others who were involved with the initial development of the FAST project.
- Vicki Adams, Palacios ISD
- Elizabeth Abernethy, Region 7 Education Service Center
- Karen Adler, Northside ISD
- Alan Albers, Round Rock ISD
- Morris Aldridge, Clint ISD
- Robert Almanzan, El Paso ISD
- Kreis Alyea, Elgin ISD
- David Anthony, Ed.D., Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
- Larry Appel, Dumas ISD
- Jerry Ashcraft, Corsicana ISD
- Jeff Atkinson, Gregory-Portland ISD
- Kenny Austin, Friona ISD
- Karlas Avalos, Cedar Hill ISD
- Dianne L. Aynes, Lewisville ISD
- Dag Azam, Denver City ISD
- Sonia Badillo, Little Elm ISD
- Richard Bain, Silsbee ISD
- Barbara A. Baird, Ed.D., Richardson ISD
- Michael Ball, Galena Park ISD
- Glenn Barber, Pilot Point ISD
- Patricia Barker, Beaumont ISD
- Stephanie Barker, Clear Creek ISD
- John Bass, Region 16 Education Service Center
- Ronald L. Beard, Region 20 Education Service Center
- Frank Belcher, Canadian ISD
- Amy Beneski, Texas Association of School Administrators
- Kurt Beron, Ph.D., Education Research Center at the University of Texas at Dallas
- Carol Bertholf, Columbia-Brazoria ISD
- Linda Bettin, Falls City ISD
- Pete Bienski, Mumford ISD
- Edd Bigbee, Midlothian ISD
- Deborah Bigham, Uplift Education
- Dollie Blevins, Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts
- Wayne Blount, Sands CISD
- Benny Bobo, Chilton ISD
- Gary Bond, Region 18 Education Service Center
- Sandi Borden, Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association
- Susan Borg, Klein ISD
- Mathew Browne, Alief ISD
- Paula D. Brown, A.W. Brown Fellowship Leadership Academy
- Keith Bryant, Bullard ISD
- Rebecca Buck, Lewisville ISD
- Gene Buinger, Ed.D., Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD
- Robin Bullock, Midlothian ISD
- Larry Butler, Fort Davis ISD
- Debbie Cabrera, Irving ISD
- Laura Cade, Clint ISD
- Bonny Cain, Pearland ISD
- Tom Canby, Texas Association of School Business Officials
- Julius D. Cano, Ph.D., Region 3 Education Service Center
- Cherry Carter, Lewisville ISD
- Homer Carter, Ph.D., Cedar Hill ISD
- Greg Cartwright, Frenship ISD
- Diane Case, Cedar Hill ISD
- Timothy Chargois, Ed.D., Beaumont ISD
- Jesus Chavez, Ed.D., Round Rock ISD
- Dan Clark, Arlington Classics Academy
- Donna Cline, Clint ISD
- Philip Cochran, Ph.D., Texas Education Agency
- Michael Coffey, Mesquite ISD
- Craig Coleman, Ed.D., Harleton ISD
- Mike Comeaux, Post ISD
- Ladeirdre Conerly, Two Dimensions Preparatory Academy Charter School
- Kelt Cooper, San Felipe – Del Rio CISD
- Chad Corbitt, Klein ISD
- Kenda Cox, Windthorst ISD
- Teri Crawford, Falls City ISD
- Diane Cramer, Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD
- John Crowley, Dripping Springs ISD
- Curtis Culwell, Ed.D., Garland ISD
- Chip Curington, Corsicana ISD
- Cecil Cypert, Frisco ISD
- Jack C. Damron, Region 1 Education Service Center
- Van Davis, Texas Higher Education Coordinating
- Lisa Dawn-Fisher, Ph.D., Texas Education Agency
- Jim de Garavilla, Silsbee ISD
- Lynn Dehart, Maypearl ISD
- Beatriz Delgado, Clint ISD
- Carolyn Dickson, O’Donnell Foundation
- Jimmy Disler, Leander ISD
- Darrell Dodds, Alpine ISD
- Beverly Dodson, El Paso ISD
- Maria Donahoe, Clint ISD
- Chrys Dougherty, Ph.D., National Center for Educational Achievement
- Vernon Dunagin, Northside ISD
- William D. Duncombe, Ph.D., Syracuse University
- David Dunn, Texas Charter School Association
- Charles Dupre, Pflugerville ISD
- Belinda Dyer, Texas Education Agency
- James (Jim) S. Dyer, Ph.D., McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
- Steven Ebell, Clear Creek ISD
- Wilburn O. "Buddy" Echols, Jr., Region 10 Education Service Center
- Harley Eckhart, Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association
- Teresa Elliott, Texas Charter School Association
- Karen Ellis, Richardson ISD
- Andrew Erben, Texas Institute for Education Reform
- Carole Estes, Skidmore-Tynan ISD
- Monty Exter, Association of Texas Professional Educators
- Tina Farrell, Clear Creek ISD
- Larry Faulkner, Ph.D., Houston Endowment
- Michael Feinberg, KIPP Houston Charter
- Lori Fey, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
- Bob Fiorini, Palacios ISD
- John Fitzpatrick, Communities Foundation of Texas/Texas High School Project
- Peter Flawn, Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin
- Carol Fletcher, Ph.D., Pflugerville ISD
- Danny Folk, Princeton ISD
- John Folks, Ed.D., Northside ISD (San Antonio)
- Brittany Levine Forrest, Two Dimensions Preparatory Academy Charter School
- Stephen Frank, Ph.D., Education Resource Strategies
- Diane Frost, Ph.D., Corsicana ISD
- Debby Fuller, Corsicana ISD
- John Fuller, Wylie ISD in Collin County
- Dawn Furlong, Keller ISD
- Gail Gable, Richardson ISD
- John Gann, Keller ISD
- Cynthia Garcia, Ed.D., Driscoll ISD
- Lorenzo G. Garcia, Ed.D., El Paso ISD
- Noemy Reneé Garcia, Kenedy County Wide Common School District
- Karen Garza, Ph.D., Lubbock ISD
- Richard Garza, Houston Gateway Academy
- Vicki George, London ISD
- Dominic Giarratani, Texas Association of School Boards
- Jim Gibson, Ed.D., Montgomery ISD
- Jeremy Glenn, Ed.D, Central Heights ISD
- Raymond Glynn, Texas Education Agency
- Scot Goen, Region 15 Education Service Center
- Roel Gonzalez, Rio Grande City ISD
- Jason Gossett, Frenship ISD
- Shantell Grant, Dallas ISD
- Carlyn Gray, Round Rock ISD
- Sherry Green, Friendswood ISD
- Michael Griffin, Energy for Schools
- Timothy Gronberg, Ph.D., Texas A&M University
- Shawna Grosskopf, Ph.D., Oregon State University
- Sherri Groves, Anna ISD
- Nikki Hamblin, Pilot Point ISD
- Trisha Hanks, Friendswood ISD
- Eric Hanushek, Stanford University
- Darcy Hardy, Ph.D., University of Texas Telecampus-Austin
- Doug Harriman, Seminole ISD
- Diane Hart, Round Rock ISD
- Heather Hayes-Ramirez, Alief ISD
- Kathy Hayes, Ph.D., Southern Methodist University
- Linda M. Henrie, Mesquite ISD
- Mark Henry, Galena Park ISD
- Joan Herman, Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles
- Roland Hernandez, Ph.D., Waco ISD
- Mard A. Herrick, Dripping Springs ISD
- Pam Hill, Allen ISD
- Michael Hinojosa, Ed.D., Dallas ISD
- Israel Hinojosa, Jim Hogg County ISD
- Harvey Hohenberger, Region 8 Education Service Center
- Karin Holacka, Keller ISD
- Walter Holik, Jr., Wall ISD
- Janice Hollingsworth, Texas Education Agency
- Lonnie Hollingsworth, Jr., Texas Classroom Teachers Association
- Dennis Holt, Lindsay ISD
- Pat Housden, Aubrey ISD
- Shannon Housson, Texas Education Agency
- Ernest Hubert, Dickinson ISD
- Dana Hudson, Elysian Fields ISD
- R. Steve Hyden, Ph.D., Region 5 Education Service Center
- Jennifer Y. Imazeki, Ph.D., San Diego State University
- Jeff Irvin, Sam Rayburn ISD
- Hilda James, Clint ISD
- Errin Jennings, Dripping Springs ISD
- Edna Jock, Corsicana ISD
- Angel Johns, Harleton ISD
- Randy Johnson, Forsan ISD
- Adam Jones, Texas Education Agency
- Connie Jones, Shamrock ISD
- John Joshua, University of Texas Supply Chain Alliance
- Greg Jung, Dripping Springs ISD
- Thomas E. Keaton, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
- Harrison Keller, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
- Bill Kelly, McDade ISD
- Myrlene Kennedy, Ph.D., Friendswood ISD
- Daniel King, Ph.D., Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD
- Ronnie Kincaid, Region 14 Education Service Center
- Tim Kinsworthy, Mesquite ISD
- Duncan Klussmann, Ed.D., Spring Branch ISD
- Richard Kouri, Texas State Teachers Association
- Kristen Kramer, Ph.D., Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
- Joseph Kulhanek, Texas Education Agency
- Jackie Lain, Texas Association of School Boards
- Kelly Legg, Dumas ISD
- Kathy Leopold, Dripping Springs ISD
- Tom Leyden, Texas Association of Secondary School Principals
- Greg Lewis, Dumas ISD
- Kim Lewis, Cedar Hill ISD
- Joey Light, Wylie ISD
- John Livingston, Dripping Springs ISD
- Richard C. Loesch, Ed.D., Wolfe City ISD (now Uvalde CISD)
- Ramona Logan, Image Advantage (for Cedar Hill ISD)
- Cathy Long, Texas Education Agency
- Steve Long, Glasscock County ISD
- Deana Lopez, Keller ISD
- Pedro P. Lopez, Jim Hogg County ISD
- Jon Lorence, Ph.D., University of Houston
- Tom Luce, National Math & Science Initiative
- George Luevano, San Elizario ISD
- Angie Luksovsky, Moulton ISD
- Reno Luna, San Felipe – Del Rio CISD
- Ed Lyman, Westwood ISD
- Kyle Lynch, Canadian ISD
- Joann Lyssy, Falls City ISD
- William Maline, Fort Davis ISD
- Gary Marek, Texas Education Agency
- Mary McBeth, Northside ISD
- Keith McBurnett, Pflugerville ISD
- Brian McCall, Ph.D., Texas State University System
- Kelly McFarland, Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD
- Chanda McGhee, Cedar Hill ISD
- Bub McIver, Olton ISD
- Al McKenzie, Texas Education Agency
- William L. McKinney, Ph.D., Region 4 Education Service Center
- Steve McLaren, Klondike ISD
- Marylin McNeel, Corsicana ISD
- Cindy McPeters, Texas Trans Pecos Regional Library System
- Mike McSwain, Cedar Hill ISD
- Ted Melina Raab, Texas American Federation of Teachers
- Lucio Mendoza, Mission ISD
- Carolyn Merrill, Harleton ISD
- Rob Meyer, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
- Richard Middleton, Ph.D., North East ISD
- Randy Miksch, Sweeny ISD
- Mark Miller, Sealy ISD
- Vicki E. Mims, Dickinson ISD
- Randy Moczygemba, New Braunfels ISD
- James Monaco, Ed.D., Aubrey ISD
- Rolando Monsevalles, San Benito CISD
- Cindy Moore, Canadian ISD
- Malcolm Nash, Sabine Pass ISD
- Debra Nelson, Ed.D., Frisco ISD
- Rose May Neshyba, Red Lick ISD
- Shana Nix, Cedar Hill ISD
- Tom Norris, Ed.D., Region 12 Education Service Center
- Michael Novotny, Ph.D., Moulton ISD
- Dan O’Brien, Ph.D., Education Research Center at the University of Texas at Dallas
- Shellee Odom, Post ISD
- Ryan O’Hara, RBC Capital Markets for Katy ISD
- Janet Orth, Humble ISD
- Richard Ownby, Region 11 Education Service Center
- Ken Parker, El Paso ISD
- Leslie Parker, Elysian Fields ISD
- Jim Parsons, Education Research Center at the University of Texas at Dallas
- David Patton, Dallas ISD
- Steve Payne, Allen ISD
- Francisco Penning, Houston Gateway Academy
- Kelly Penny, Coppell ISD
- Kathie Perez, Corsicana Regional Day School Program for the Deaf
- Sylvester Perez, Ed.D., Midland ISD
- Anika Perkins, Cedar Hill ISD
- Jim Pinkard, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
- Michael Podgursky, Ph.D., University of Missouri
- Thomas Poe, Region 6 Education Service Center
- Emily Pope, Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau
- Anne Poplin, Region 9 Education Service Center
- Anita Poteat, Highland Park ISD
- Galen Privitt, Ph.D., Corsicana ISD
- Tucker Rackley, Pettus ISD
- Marissa Rathbone, Texas Education Agency
- Thelma Ramey, Rio Grande City ISD
- Patsy Ramirez, Rio Grande City ISD
- Lynn Ramsey, Shamrock ISD
- Alfred L. Ray, Ph.D., Duncanville ISD
- Jacqueline Ray, Peak Preparatory School
- Penny Reddell, Ed.D., Lewisville ISD
- Alison Rendon, Friendswood ISD
- Shirley Reed, Ed.D., South Texas College
- Rick Reedy, Ed.D., Frisco ISD
- Andrew Reschovsky, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin – Madison
- Herbert Resler, Palacios ISD
- Pedro Reyes, Ph.D., Education Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
- Steven Rivkin, Ph.D., Amherst College
- Dan Roberts, Round Rock ISD
- Dee Dee Rodriguez, Dallas ISD
- Debbe Roesler, Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD
- Doug Rogers, Association of Texas Professional Educators
- Norma Rogers, Central Heights ISD
- R. Anthony Rolle, Ph.D., University of South Florida
- Jim Ross, Tomball ISD
- Jerry Roy, Ed.D., Lewisville ISD
- Marguerite Roza, Ph.D., Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Kay Ryon, Coppell ISD
- Cheryl Salyards, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
- William L. Sanders, Ph.D., SAS Institute
- Daniel A. Schaefer, Brazosport ISD
- Amy E. Schwartz, Ph.D., New York University
- Robert Scott, Texas Education Agency
- Rena K. Seifts, San Elizario ISD
- Judy Senter, Brazosport ISD
- Marti Shaner, Corsicana ISD
- Daisy Simpson, Two Dimensions Preparatory Academy Charter School
- Greg Smith, Ph.D., Clear Creek ISD
- Steve Smith, Round Rock ISD
- Terry Smith, Ed.D., Region 13 Education Service Center
- Julie Spears, Grand Prairie ISD
- Margaret Spellings, Margaret Spellings & Company
- Pam Spencer, Canadian ISD
- Jamie Spiegel, Round Rock ISD
- Roy Sprague, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
- Michael Steck, Veribest ISD
- Steve Stiles, El Paso ISD
- Don Stockton, Ed.D., Conroe ISD
- Louis Stoerner, Alief ISD
- Jeannie Stone, Ed.D., Mesquite ISD
- Shawn Stover, North Hills Preparatory School
- Kelley Sullivan, Alief ISD
- Mark Tarpley, Allen ISD
- Kimi Tate, Dallas ISD
- Cecil Tatum, Northside ISD
- Lori L. Taylor, Ph.D., Texas A&M University
- Carroll A. Thomas, Ed.D., Beaumont ISD
- John Thomas, Region 18 Education Service Center
- Jeremy Thompson, Era ISD
- Gina Tomas, Alief ISD
- George Torres, Northside ISD
- Fran Trotter, Olton ISD
- Julia Truax, Clint ISD
- Johnny Tubb, Grady ISD
- Jim Van Overschelde, Ph.D., Texas Education Agency (now with E3 Alliance)
- James R. Vasquez, Ph.D., Region 19 Education Service Center
- Johnny L. Veselka, Texas Association of School Administrators
- Linda P. Villarreal, Ed.D., Region 2 Education Service Center
- Eric Walls, Northside ISD
- Joe Wardell, Ed.D., Jacksonville ISD
- Kyle Wargo, Ed.D., Region 17 Education Service Center
- Cindy Warner, Coppell ISD
- Hersh C. Waxman, Ph.D., Education Research Center at Texas A&M University
- Todd Webster, Texas Education Agency
- Dash Weerasinghe, Ph.D., Plano ISD
- David Wehmeyer, Poth ISD
- Perry Weirich, Texas Education Agency
- Brad Welter, KIPP Houston Charter
- Deanna Wentz, Alief ISD
- Ann Westbrooks, Spring ISD
- Thomas Wherry, Northside ISD
- Rhoda White, Clifton ISD
- Mary Ann Whiteaker, Hudson ISD
- Richard Wilkinson, Frisco ISD
- Doug Williams, Sunnyvale ISD
- Leland Williams, Ed.D., Dickinson ISD
- Melissa Williams, Dickinson ISD
- Elaine Williams-Woodley, Duncanville ISD
- Victor Willson, Ph.D., Texas A&M University
- Becky Wilson, Canadian ISD
- Karen Wilson, Spring Branch ISD
- Tom Wilson, Life School Charter
- Don Windham, Windthorst ISD
- Jim Windham, Texas Institute for Education Reform
- Sarah Winkler, Alief ISD
- Charles Woods, Alief ISD
- Donna Woods, Nova Academy
- Tammy King Wooten, Texas Education Agency
- Sean Workman, Friona ISD
- Jon Wunderlich, Weimer ISD
- H. Bartell Zachry, Jr.– P16 Plus Council of Greater Bexar County
- Gloria Zyskowski, Ph.D., Texas Education Agency
