Texas Education Agency

The Texas Education Agency released its A-F academic accountability ratings for the first time in two years on Thursday. The agency was blocked from sharing the 2023 results after more than 100 districts sued over the updated criteria for evaluating schools’ performance.

A court ruling means Austin ISD has less time to improve the school's ratings and is at greater risk of a takeover. The district could also close Dobie and revamp it or partner with a charter to avoid state intervention.

A judge blocked the release of the state’s 2023 school ratings after a lawsuit from more than 120 Texas school districts.

Critics of the materials the Texas Education Agency created have said they include Bible stories that are not age-appropriate and veer into proselytizing. Supporters say biblical narratives have literary and historical value.

Five Texas school districts have filed a new lawsuit over the state’s methods for measuring academic accountability, putting a hold on Thursday’s planned release of A-F ratings.

Austin ISD students, like kids throughout Texas, are seeing gains in reading proficiency since the COVID-19 pandemic, but math is another story. Educators and policy experts say more resources are needed to help students catch up.

The completion of nearly 1,200 evaluations is an important milestone in the district's effort to improve services for students with disabilities.

Manor Middle School was facing the possibility of a charter school partnership after getting “F” grades for several years in a row from the Texas Education Agency. Then, district and campus staff came up with a plan to raise the school’s grade.

Plaintiffs claimed that the 2023 law, which required book vendors to rate the explicitness of sexual references in materials sold to schools, was unconstitutionally broad.

Austin ISD had nearly 1,800 overdue evaluations in January 2023, but that figure dropped to 306 by December — a reduction of nearly 83%.