Late Thursday night, Arlington ISD became the latest school district to join a lawsuit against Education Commissioner Mike Morath because of concerns their ratings will drop drastically under the state's updated system.
over a revised accountability system they say sets districts up to fail.
“In Arlington ISD, we welcome changes to the accountability system that will help us grow and improve,” Board President Melody Fowler wrote in a statement after Thursday’s vote. “But the manner in which these changes are being made is the issue. Changes should be implemented legally and in a way that actually enables school districts to achieve its goals and further student progress.”
“To implement a criteria, a new criteria, after the fact doesn’t make any sense to me at all,” said Jennifer Nelson, a Fort Worth ISD parent. “And it’s also seemingly very, very unfair to try to implement it after the testing has already occurred.” The month-long delay will “allow for a further re-examination of the baseline data used in the calculation,” according to a TEA news release.The change in the accountability rating system also coincides withOne of the more obvious changes with the STAAR test is that it’s now administered primarily online, which is different for students in third grade or above who have never tested online before, Kling said.
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