LISD rankings improve

From Hill Country News, August 6, 2008...

The Texas Education Agency posted its 2008 accountability ratings report last week, giving Leander ISD many reasons to cheer, as well as a few concerns.

The standard was made more rigorous this year to align with the dropout definition of the federal No Child Left Behind law and the National Center for Education Statistics. The new definition considers any student who does not graduate within four years, receive a GED, or remain in school, to be a "non-completer."

Even though most of its performance measures were ranked as recognized, LISD risked being classified as academically unacceptable over the dropout rate.

However, the TEA extended its "School Leaver Provision" for 2008. The provision states that a campus or district can’t be rated lower because of the completion rate alone.

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