UPDATED as of 3/26/18: Commissioner of Education MIke Morath announced yesterday that USDE approved Texas' ESSA Plan. Attached to this article is a user-friendly table that shows 'what's out, what's in, and what's final'  regarding the changes that have been made since the plan was first submitted in Sept. 2017.

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The Texas School Alliance (TSA) represents 37 of the largest districts in Texas, and educates nearly 2.2 million students (or 40% of the state's pupil enrollment.) Attached is TSA's response to Governor Abbott's letter implying that public school districts exhibited a  "dereliction of duty."

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TEA Commissioner Mike Morath publicly released the 2015-16 A-F Ratings: A Report to the 85th Texas Legislature. The following is Moak, Casey and Associates' preliminary analysis of this "work-in-progress" report.

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