Things are about to look a lot gloomier in HISD and it has nothing to do with the state takeover. It has to do with upcoming changes to the state’s A-F rating system for schools and the very likely outcome that campuses across the state could suddenly appear to be doing worse, some even failing.
For months, districts have been raising concerns about the change to the state’s career, college and military readiness indicators, part of one of three indices that go into a high school’s final A-F grade. The state regularly does a “refresh” of the ratings system.
This month, more than 200 districts, including Houston ISD, Fort Bend ISD and Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, signed a letter asking the state to pause the changes to let the legislature study and make its own recommendations about the state’s accountability system.
