Primary and secondary education Education in Texas

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the main offices of texas education agency located in william b. travis state office building in austin



the entrance lamar high school auditorium in houston decorated map of state of texas.


texas has on 1,000 school districts—ranging in size gigantic houston independent school district 13-student divide independent school district in rural south texas. 1 of school districts in texas separate form of municipal government, hence called independent school districts , or isd short. school districts may (and do) cross city , county boundaries. school districts have power tax residents , use eminent domain. sole exception rule stafford municipal school district, serves of city of stafford.


texas education agency (tea) has oversight of public school systems charter schools. because of independent nature of school districts tea s actual jurisdiction limited. tea divided twenty educational service center regions serve local school districts. robin hood plan controversial tax redistribution system provides court-mandated equitable school financing school districts in state. property tax revenue property-wealthy school districts , distributed in property-poor districts, in effort equalize financing of districts throughout texas.


especially in metropolitan areas, texas has numerous private schools of types (non-sectarian, catholic, , protestant). tea has no authority on private school operations; private schools may or may not accredited, , achievement tests not required private school graduating seniors. many private schools obtain accreditation , perform achievement tests means of encouraging future parents school genuinely interested in educational performance.


it considered among least restrictive states in home school. neither tea nor local school district has authority regulate home school activities; state law requires curriculum 1) must teach reading, spelling, grammar, mathematics , study of citizenship (the latter interpreted mean course in civics) , 2) must taught in bona fide manner. there no minimum number of days in year, or hours in day, must met, , achievement tests not required home school graduating seniors. validity of home schooling challenged in texas, landmark case, leeper v. arlington isd, ruled home schooling legal , state had little or no authority regulate practice.


as of 2010 49% of children enrolled in public pre-k through 12 primary , secondary schools in texas classified hispanic. in decade 1999-2000 school year 2009-2010 school year, hispanics made 91% of growth in state s public k-12 schools. overall student body increased 856,061 students, 775,075 of students being hispanic.


although unusual in west, school corporal punishment not uncommon in more conservative areas of state, 28,569 public school students paddled in texas @ least 1 time during 2011-2012 school year, according government data. rate of school corporal punishment in texas surpassed mississippi, alabama, , arkansas.


in 2017, new law passed penalizes teachers have inappropriate relationships students , administrators not report relationships.


standardized tests

the (staar) standardized test used in texas primary , secondary schools assess students attainment of reading, writing, math, science, , social studies skills required under texas education standards. developed , scored pearson educational measurement close supervision texas education agency. though created before no child left behind act passed, complies law. replaced previous test, called texas assessment of knowledge , skills or taks, in 2003.


taks, of spring 2013 being replaced state of texas assessments of academic readiness (staar) test. unlike taks, @ secondary level, staar tests end of course exams.








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