About the Accountability System The state accountability system
assigns ratings to every campus and district in the Texas public
education system each year. In most cases, the system assigns
one of four rating labels (ranging from lowest to highest): To
determine a rating label, the system evaluates indicators of
performance, including assessment results on the state
standardized assessment instruments as well as longitudinal
completion rates and annual dropout rates. Generally, campuses
and districts earn ratings by having performance that meets
absolute standards or by demonstrating sufficient improvement
toward the standard. In addition to evaluating performance for
all students, the performance of individual groups of students
is held to the rating criteria. The student groups are defined
to be the major ethnic and racial groups as well as students
designated as economically disadvantaged. All of the evaluated
groups must meet the criteria for a given rating category in
order to earn that label. The Acade