Lara Solt
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KERA News special contributor
About 85% of Texas public schools earned a passing grade in the state's latest A-F accountability ratings, while roughly one-quarter of districts and campuses scored higher than they did last year.
Joel Angel Juarez
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for The Texas Tribune
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