TEA Releases Preliminary 2023 A-F Ratings to ISDs and Charters

The TEA on Thursday (April 17) announced that it has confidentially released the preliminary 2023 A-F campus and district accountability ratings to ISDs and charters, and that the preliminary ratings will be publicly released on Thursday, April 24.

• Note: That’s the same release schedule that the TEA previously announced (article) after a state appeals court dismissed the lawsuit (article) filed by 121 ISDs seeking to block the release of the 2023 ratings.
  
  The same state appeals court has not yet ruled on a separate lawsuit that has kept the TEA from thus far releasing the 2024 ratings.

The TEA’s latest announcement gives ISDs and charters until Monday, May 19, to appeal their preliminary 2023 ratings. The TEA will post the final 2023 ratings on Tuesday, August. 19.

Separately, the TEA on Thursday (April 17) also announced it has posted the proposed Accountability System Manual for 2026 for public comment, with the final version of the manual to be adopted no earlier than May 18, 2025.