The self-calculated A-F scores made by Fort Worth ISD could be wrong, according to the Texas Education Agency.
The district released the scores on September 10 after a Travis County judge blocked TEA from releasing the official ratings. Fort Worth ISD released their scores without confirming with TEA.
Fort Worth ISD submitted their scores for confirmation on Tuesday, a week after they were released to the public. TEA reviewed the district’s self-calculated scores and flagged several areas where the district’s calculations differed from the ones done by the TEA for review.
However, due to the court order, the TEA could not tell the district which scores it believes are incorrect or what the correct scores are.
At the school board meeting last week, Fort Worth ISD officials stated that the district has improved, moving from a D in last year’s rating to a C this year, as previously reported by The Dallas Express.
According to its own ratings, the district saw 36% fewer D and F-rated campuses than last year’s data.
The Dallas Express contacted Fort Worth ISD Superintendent Angelica Ramsey regarding the alleged calculation error but did not receive a response by publication.
As previously reported by The Dallas Express, Dallas ISD logged alarming results during the 2021-2022 school year, the last year that official score results are available. Only 41% of students in the district scored at grade level on the STAAR exams, and nearly 20% of the graduating class failed to earn a diploma in four years.