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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.

The Texas Education Agency has released new A-F grades for school districts. Some school leaders call the new rating system misleading. They say the…

The Texas Education Agency rolled out a new A through F accountability system Wednesday that measures the academic performance of school districts.The…

In exactly a week, Texas will give its school districts official grades for the first time, rating them on a scale from A through F, with state officials…

Texas got final approval Monday from the U.S. Department of Education for its school improvement and accountability plan, including a portion of its new…

The Richardson Independent School District is launching a plan aimed at improving four of its low-performing elementary schools.It joins other North Texas…

The Dallas school board voted Thursday night during a public hearing to potentially close five schools, avoiding a possible state takeover of the entire…

More Dallas and Fort Worth schools met the state’s education standards this year than last year, according to 2017 accountability ratings released Tuesday…

The House passed a major overhaul Wednesday of a rating system that would give schools and districts grades between A and F.Rep. Dan Huberty, R-Houston,…

In a bittersweet victory for educators seeking edits to the state's proposed A-F system for grading Texas public schools and districts, the House Public…

A controversial grading system for Texas public schools and districts, set for deployment in 2018, could dramatically change if the state's top two public…

The superintendents and elected school boards of 11 Texas districts — including Dallas, Houston and Fort Worth — have been ordered by the state education…