TEXAS \u2014 The Texas Education Agency (TEA) recently released its annual accountability ratings, which tell school districts and families how well their students and schools are doing.<\/p>\n
These annual scores consider how well students are doing on their STAAR exams, graduation rates and even military and college readiness.<\/p>\n
As the scores came out Friday morning, state-appointed Fort Worth Independent School District Superintendent Dr. Peter Licata walked the halls of Monnig Middle School in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to celebrate the victories,\u201d said Licata.<\/p>\n
Overall, the district received a C, an increase of four points from its grade of 73 in 2025 to a 77 in 2026.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re riding a good wave,\u201d said Licata. \u201cThe district maintained a C, we bumped up a little bit in the C points, but it\u2019s our goal next year to be a B next year if not an A and eradicate any D and F schools. That\u2019s our goal.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fifty-five campuses got an A or a B from the TEA, up from 45 last year. It was an improvement for some schools, but not for all.<\/p>\n
William James Middle School scored its fifth F in a row.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not fair that the neighborhood has to come to a school that they see as failing,\u201d said Licata.<\/p>\n
If Fort Worth ISD wasn\u2019t already in a state takeover, that fifth F would\u2019ve triggered one. Wichita Falls ISD is trying to avoid state intervention.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re excited about it, about where we\u2019re headed,\u201d said Dr. Donny Lee, the Wichita Falls ISD superintendent. \u201cWe are not satisfied with where it\u2019s at.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lee is happy to see his district go from a D to a C this year, especially Hirschi Middle School, which received a C after being at risk of potentially triggering a state takeover.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the highest rating they\u2019ve ever received,\u201d said Lee.<\/p>\n
Last school year, Wichita Falls ISD brought on Third Future Schools, a Colorado-based charter school network, to oversee Hirschi.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a combination,\u201d said Lee. \u201cThey helped tremendously with our partnership at Hirschi to go from what they\u2019ve traditionally been: F\u2019s and D\u2019s to almost a B.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also attributes the district\u2019s improvement to his educators.<\/p>\n
\u201cSystematically following our curriculum, coaching our teachers, working with our principals, all the things,\u201d said Lee. \u201cAnd it\u2019s been working every year. We\u2019ve been seeing improvement every single year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lee hopes that continues this school year, as they add double the math classes and more frequent comprehension quizzes to some campuses.<\/p>\n
If a student is still struggling after a quiz on a lesson, they stay on the subject until they understand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re getting a reteach right then,\u201d said Lee.<\/p>\n
Both districts said that the saying \u201cC\u2019s get degrees\u201d isn\u2019t good enough for either district.<\/p>\n
\u201cLong gone are the days of just getting a kid through school and passing them onto the next,\u201d said Licata. \u201cWe\u2019re going to make sure they are educated to move to the next grade level.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TEXAS \u2014 The Texas Education Agency (TEA) recently released its annual accountability ratings, which tell school districts and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[836,2160,132,1570,102,163,56,11586,223,82,27,29,28,1569,2053,835],"class_list":["post-410210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-app-education","tag-app-top-stories","tag-austin","tag-ctv","tag-dallas","tag-education","tag-houston","tag-lauren-rangel","tag-news","tag-san-antonio","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-texas-what-you-need-to-know","tag-top-stories","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}