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Santa Fe ISD officials say 2023 TEA grading changes lowered letter grade despite score gains
Summary
District staff told trustees that although student scores rose in 2023, changes in Texas Education Agency scoring and cut points led to lower A–F letter grades; staff described challenges with timing, rubrics and litigation over the redesign.
Santa Fe ISD trustees received a review of the Texas Education Agency’s (TEA) 2023 accountability “refresh,” which staff said reset cut scores and altered assessment rubrics, producing lower letter grades even where students’ raw scores rose.
Miss Harris, the district presenter, told the board that the state’s redesign of STAAR and the scoring system — described in the meeting as a “refresh” — produced a mismatch: districts showed score increases…
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