Tri-State Consortium TriState Consortium Our Mission The TriState Consortium is an alliance of public school districts committed to systems thinking and collaborative inquiry as pathways toward continuous improvement. Working together as colleagues and critical friends we apply the standards of the TriState model to benchmark member districts39 progress in advancing teaching and learning. Consortium members support each other through external peer review of programs and practices study groups conferences and topicbased seminars designed to deepen professional learning. Revised 2019 Our History Background In 1992 superintendents from a small number of school districts in the New York City metropolitan region began meeting periodically to consider issues related to the systemic performance of their districts.