High-poverty schools struggle to earn Texas' highest rating
The Texas Education Agency has dismissed the notion that the accountability ratings are a poverty rating.
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The Texas Education Agency has dismissed the notion that the accountability ratings are a poverty rating.
The Texas Education Agency has dismissed the notion that the accountability ratings are a poverty rating. As evidence, they point to districts like those in the Rio Grande Valley, which have achieved high marks while serving a high number of economically disadvantaged students.
High-poverty schools struggle to earn Texas’ highest rating. Some in the Rio Grande Valley break that trend.
High-poverty schools struggle to earn Texas’ highest rating. Some in the Rio Grande Valley break that trend.
Texas schools are majority Hispanic. There’s been a shortage of bilingual teachers since 1990, and the pandemic made it worse.