A coalition of school districts was granted a temporary injunction Thursday in Travis County court, securing at least a brief win in their lawsuit against...
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath says hi to students on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, at Back Elementary in Rowlett, TX. Back Elementary, a Garland ISD school, jumped from a low B before the pandemic to an A this year in the state’s academic accountability rating system.
A coalition of school districts was granted a temporary injunction Thursday by a Travis County court, securing at least a brief win in their lawsuit against Education Commissioner Mike Morath.Dallas ISD — and several other districts — sued Morath to stop him from implementing new standards for this year’s set of grades.
The grades are largely based on standardized test scores, factoring in how well a school grows academic achievement and closes gaps between student groups. The formula has remained mainly static since lawmakers created it in 2017, but big changes were to be factored in when the Texas Education Agency released the latest round of scores.It would have been more difficult to score well in the metric that assesses how prepared graduates are for college, career or the military.
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