The new AYP figures are just out in Texas, and only 44% of the schools in the state made adequate yearly progress.
Next year it will be a lot worse.
By the rules set out in the NCLB law, the schools that can’t make it in a five-year frame will have to do something dramatic:
They can turn into a charter school.
They can fire all or most of the staff.
They can be taken over by a private management firm.
They can be taken over by the State Department of Education.
Or, they can do some other kind of major restructuring.
Well, folks, sorry to say that public education in Texas is heading for a cliff.
Remember that it was the “Texas miracle” that put the whole nation on the magic school bus to privatization.
Please, Texas school boards, keep passing those resolutions against high-stakes testing.
And here’s an idea: If nothing changes (and it won’t), just don’t give the tests next year.
If you want to keep public education, don’t give the tests.
Unless, that is, you want to give your public schools to some private company to run.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top: doing what they were designed to do.
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OR:
The district can return its Title allotment and forget about the issue. All they will have is a label (probably 90% will fail next year) and no requirement to impose the sanctions.
Let’s see, if you’re not perfect in 13-14, then you’re a failure. As a life-long Texan, I guarantee you that when the government says a community school (the life-blood in single high school communities) has to shut down, go private, or even better fire their relatives, then the legislators WILL change their tune.
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Yep, football is pretty important in the Texas community schools. BTW, I love high school football competition. I just know it the life blood of Texas communities.
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