Unlike in other states, TEA has ''no'' jurisdiction over the activities of Private School s or Home Schools in Texas.
TEA ranks schools and districts using four criteria. The criteria are the same for schools and districts.
- - This is the highest ranking a school or district can receive, and is '''''very difficult''''' to achieve. In order to receive an Exemplary ranking, a school/district must meet '''''all four''''' of the following criteria:
- --- - At least 90 percent of all students must pass the Texas Assessment Of Knowledge And Skills (TAKS) test overall '''''and''''' on each of five subsections (Reading/ELA, Writing, Social Studies, Mathematics, and Science); in addition, each "subgroup" (African American, Hispanic, White, and Economically Disadvantaged) must also meet the 90 percent criteria overall and in each subsection (provided there are enough students to meet "minimum size" requirements)
- --- - At least 90 percent of all students must pass the State-Developed Alternative Assessment II (SDAA II) test, which is required for only those students for whom the TAKS test is not an acceptable measurement (subgroup criteria does not apply)
- --- - At least 95 percent of all students, as well as 95 percent of each subgroup listed under the TAKS test, must either have completed or are continuing their education four years after entering high school (this criteria applies to high schools and districts only)
- --- - No more than 0.2 percent of all students, as well as no more than 0.2 percent of each subgroup, can have dropped out of school.
- - The second highest ranking possible. The criteria are 70 percent pass rate on TAKS and SDAA II (again, required for all students as well as each subgroup), 85 percent on Completion Rate, and 0.7 percent on Dropout Rate
- - The criteria are 50 percent on TAKS Subsections "Social Studies", "Reading/ELA", and "Writing", 35 percent on "Mathematics", and 25 percent on "Science", 50 percent on SDAA II, 75 percent on Completion Rate, and 1.0 percent on Dropout Rate
- - The worst possible ranking. Any school or district not meeting '''''all''''' of the above criteria for Academically Acceptable will be rated thus. A district with two consecutive Academically Unacceptable rankings can be closed by TEA (as was the case with the Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District ).
For a district to receive Exemplary or Recognized status, it cannot have '' school rated Academically Unacceptable (even if the overall district statistics would rate such); if a district has any such campus, the district overall can be rated no higher than Academically Acceptable.
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