by Written by Talia RichmanMorning News in Dallas: https://www.dallasnews.com/
Texas schools will also receive their 2024 ratings on Friday along with their annual A-F grades.
A lengthy court struggle over the publication of academic accountability results is the reason for this atypical rollout.
In 2023 and 2024, several districts filed a lawsuit against Education Commissioner Mike Morath in an attempt to prevent the Texas Education Agency from disclosing test results. The 15th Court of Appeals dismissed both lawsuits.
The court made it possible for the 2023 results to be released in April. In July, the agency received approval for the 2024 scores.
Officials then made the decision to make the campus and district grade sets public on August 15. Families will have access to the most recent data regarding the performance of their local schools in the 2025 grades.
However, 2024 ratings are still significant, particularly for underperforming institutions. A district may face state consequences if a school receives a failing mark for five consecutive years.
This regulation puts Fort Worth ISD at risk of a state takeover. The main source of contention is the Leadership Academy at the sixth-grade campus of Forest Oak, which received a failing rating in 2023. Although the school has already been closed by the district, there may still be repercussions.
Families may see how their campuses are doing by using the Texas Academic Accountability System, which rates all public schools and districts in the state on an A-F scale. Communities’ perceptions of schools are greatly influenced by ratings that are primarily based on standardized test results, and parents frequently take these measures into account when choosing where to send their kids to school.
The most recent findings are available to families on TexasSchools.gov.
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