Uvalde CISD leaders outline data-driven plan to improve student outcomes after TEA letter grade

At a special meeting of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees, district administrators reviewed state accountability results, student screening data and the district's strategy for raising academic performance after Texas Education Agency ratings showed the district as an F.

Superintendent Colas opened the presentation saying the meeting was convened to go "specifically go over our academic standing, some historical data ... and how we will measure improvement." The district's instructional leadership team gave a layered briefing on accountability rules, campus improvement plans and classroom-level supports intended to shift outcomes "by design," not chance.

The presentation explained why the district's letter grade and the district's internal mathematical score differ. District data lead Miss Dahlberg said the district's calculated score for 2025 is 61.474 but that TEA's accountability rules include a "forced-F" policy: if three of four domains (student achievement; school progress; relative performance/academic growth; closing the gaps) are rated F, TEA assigns an overall F regardless of the numeric average. "Our district is a 61.474 this year," Dahlberg said, and "the forced F" provision produced the F letter grade under state rules.

Why it matters

The TEA framework determines campus and district letter grades and triggers additional state oversight, planning and, in some cases, turnaround requirements. District staff said the forced-F rule and changes to reporting timelines in recent years compressed the window for interpreting state data and required the…