August 15, 2018      5:05 PM

As Texas schools receive first official A-F grades, some potential themes take shape

Urban districts maybe end up looking closer to each other than expected, charters aren’t always as consistent as you might expect, and Parents fleeing their public schools due to dissatisfaction or economic trouble don’t always end up in better-rated schools

Texas’ new accountability system – one that diminishes the role of state standardized tests in high school ratings – has yielded a healthy number of “A”-rated school districts.

Yesterday, conservative-leaning education reform groups – the Texas Public Policy Foundation, Texas Aspires and the Texas Business Leadership Council – hosted a briefing for legislative staffers with Deputy TEA Commissioner Penny Schwinn.

Schwinn, a former educator and the mother of a young child, said every accountability system must start with high expectations.

By Kimberly Reeves

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