Education
BY MICHAEL CROUCHLEY & SHELBIE HAMILTON
Plano ISD receives ‘B’ rating from TEA for 2022-23 Plano ISD received an overall ‘B’ rating, 84 out of 100 points, from the Texas Education Agency’s 2022-23 accountability ratings. School Year Student Achievement School Process
Collin College adds 5th bachelor’s degree Collin College will offer a new baccalau- reate degree during the fall 2025 semester, according to a news release. The Bachelor of Applied Technology in Software Development is the college’s fifth baccalaureate degree program. The college received final approval for the program from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on College on April 4. The details The program will be housed at the Collin College Frisco Campus. Students in the program will learn “real- world software development practices” and modern programming frameworks through hands-on experience, the release states.
Closing the Gaps
2018-19
89
91
90
The ratings were released April 24 following a delay that lasted more than one year due to an injunction blocking the release of the scores. What you need to know The score measures “how much students are learning in each grade and whether or not they are ready for the next grade. It also shows how well a school or district prepares their students for success after high school in college, the workforce, or the military,” according to TEA’s website. PISD received a ‘B’ in all three performance categories. More than 100 Texas school districts, including PISD, sued TEA Commissioner Mike Morath in August 2023, arguing that the agency’s revamped accountability system was “unlawful” and would unfairly harm school districts.
2021-22
89
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88
2022-23
85
81
80
SOURCE: TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
A Travis County district judge blocked the release of the ratings in October 2023, before that ruling was reversed by Texas’ 15th Court of Appeals earlier this month. A second lawsuit currently blocks the TEA from releasing scores for the 2023-24 school year. Mor- ath also said the agency intends to release ratings for the 2024-25 school year Aug. 15, as required by state law. Additional reporting by Hannah Norton
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