Texas is now cleared to release its 2024 A-F accountability grades for public schools.
A recent ruling by the 15th Court of Appeals gives the Texas Education Agency the green light to issue its second round of campus ratings since 2019.
Despite the system’s intent for annual transparency, for the past five years, families have gone without a complete set of ratings. No ratings were issued for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and while ratings were released in 2022, the ratings were heavily impacted by pandemic-related learning disruptions and a state law that prevented D and F ratings from being issued that year. Legal challenges then delayed the release of ratings for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years, according to a TEA News online statement.
“For far too long, families, educators and communities have been denied access to information about the performance of their schools, thanks to frivolous lawsuits paid for by tax dollars filed by those who disagreed with the statutory goal of raising career readiness expectations to help students,” said Texas Education Commissioner, Mike Morath. “Every Texas family deserves a clear view of school performance, and now those families finally have access to data they should have received two years ago. Transparency drives progress, and when that transparency is blocked, students pay the price.”
The release of ratings give families the opportunity to understand how their schools are serving students, and give districts valuable insights to strengthen instruction, close achievement gaps and support continuous improvement. The ratings are set to be released in August and can be found on TXSchools.gov.
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