Director of Education and Workforce Policy
marylynn.pruneda@texas2036.org
Mary Lynn works as the Director of Education and Workforce Policy for Texas 2036. She is an expert in the most complex public education topics, including assessment, accountability and school finance.
The following excerpt is from written testimony by Texas 2036 Senior Policy Advisor Mary Lynn Pruneda, which was delivered to the House Public Education Committee on July 26, 2022. What to Know: This interim, Texas 2036 commissioned several statewide polls to determine how parents feel about their child’s public education. Let’s explore two key takeaways:…
The 2021 – 2022 STAAR results are in, and our main takeaway is Texas surpassed its pre-pandemic reading scores, but still has work to do in mathematics. In this blog, we’ll breakdown those scores and talk through what they mean for state policymakers in the coming session. While there is some good news overall, we…
The Tennessee Department of Education recently released its state assessment results and they’re worth paying attention to for Texas policymakers. Across the state, various groups have been calling for a suspension of the STAAR exam. The most frequent justification for the suspension, and the resulting halt in the state’s academic accountability system (known as the…
