Texas schools will find out how well they performed last year when state accountability ratings are released today.

The Texas Education Agency plans to release the results at 1 p.m. The ratings are mostly based on passing rates on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills exam.

Schools that continuously don’t perform well, receiving the state’s lowest rating — academically unacceptable — for four or more consecutive years, risk being sanctioned or closed by the state.

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