What's happening?
The PfISD board of trustees voted to sign on to a lawsuit against the TEA over changes to the way accountability ratings are calculated. In September, new accountability ratings for Texas schools will be released, based on adjusted criteria including but not limited to a new threshold for college, career and military readiness scores, raising it from 60% to 88% to earn an A rating.
What parents need to know
Projections for the impact of these changes to accountability ratings, which will be applied retroactively to data for the class of 2022, show the district will no longer have any A-rated high schools. Prior to the change, four of the district's five high schools held A ratings. This comes as academic data for the 2022-23 school year shows students improving academically, said Adelaida Olivarez, PfISD's chief academic and innovation officer.
What they're saying
"I think it's time for folks to hear that the fairness and the accountability system is in question right now," PfISD Superintendent Doug Killian said. "I think it was a bad time to try to reset the accountability system, and the methodology for how it was done is unfair to our staff and to our students."
