DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
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Proposed Accountability
Rating System for Texas Schools and
DistrictsDepartment of Research and
Accountability
• Updates to the state’s new accountability system
• What is the status of the proposed system?
• What about AYP?
• What’s next?
What We Will Discuss Today
Student Achievement 1
Student Progress 2
Closing Performance Gaps 3
Postsecondary Readiness 4
Updates to the Four Performance Indices
• All Students Only
• Combined over All Subject Areas and all STAAR test versions
• Credit given for Satisfactory Performance Level II at the phase-in standard
• TAKS for 11th grade students in 2013 only
Student Achievement 1
NEW!
• Ten Student Groups Evaluated
• By Subject Area (Reading & Mathematics; Writing added in 2014)
• Same assessments used in Index 1 where student progress measures are available
• Credit based on weighted performance: 1 point for each percent of students who meet growth expectations, 2 points for each percent of students who exceed growth expectations
• Size requirement: 20 students 25 students
Student Progress 2 2014 - 2013
NEW!
NEW!
• All Economically Disadvantaged Students and Two Lowest Performing Racial/Ethnic Groups based on the Index 1 student achievement indicator reported in the prior year
• By Subject Area (Reading/ELA, Mathematics, Writing, Science, and Social Studies)
• Credit based on weighted performance for students at Level II Satisfactory (one point per percentage) at the phase-in standard and Level III Advanced (2014) (two points per percentage) at the final standard
• Size requirement: : 20 students 25 students
Closing Performance Gaps 3
NEW!
NEW!
• STAAR Percent Met Final Level II - 2014 and beyond
• Four-year Graduation Rate or Five-year Graduation Rate (or Annual Dropout Rate if no graduation rate) – Ten Student Groups Evaluated: All Students, each Race/Ethnicity,
Students with Disabilities, and ELLs
• Percent Recommended or Advanced High School Program Plan (RHSP/AHSP) Graduates– Eight Student Groups Evaluated: All Students and each
Race/Ethnicity
• Size requirement: 20 students 25 students
Postsecondary Readiness 4
NEW!
2013: • Years 1-3 in US Schools are excluded
• Years 4 and beyond in US Schools are included at Phase-in Level II performance standard
• Asylees/refugees in US Schools years 1-5 are excluded
• Immigrants entering at Grade 9 or above are excluded
ELL Exclusions Index I & II NEW!
2014 and Beyond: • 1st Year in US Schools are excluded
• Years 2-4 in US Schools are includedo English testers included using ELL Progress Measure,o Spanish testers included using STAAR growth measure
• Year 5 and beyond in US Schools are included at phase-in Level II performance standard
• Asylees/refugees in US Schools years 1-5 are excluded
• Immigrants entering at Grade 9 or above are excluded
ELL Exclusions Index I & II NEW!
2013 Excluded, 2014 and Beyond:• 1st Year in US Schools are excluded
• Years 2-4 in US Schools are includedo English testers included using ELL Progress Measureo Spanish testers included using STAAR growth
measure
• Years 5 and beyond in US Schools are included at phase-in Level II and final Level III performance standards
• Asylees/refugees in US Schools years 1-5 are excluded
ELL Exclusions Index III NEW!
2013 Excluded, 2014 and beyond:• Years 1-4 in US Schools are excluded• Year 5 and beyond in US Schools are included at final
Level II performance• Asylees/refugees are excluded• Immigrants entering at Grade 9 or above are excluded
ELL Exclusions Index IV NEW!
A B C D F
Accountability Ratings Scale
System Safeguards
• The intent of the safeguards system is to meet federal accountability requirements that are not met in the performance index.
• Failure to meet the safeguard target for any reported cell must be addressed in campus and district improvement plans.
NEW!
System Safeguards: Participation Rates
• 95% in Reading and Math:• All Students• 7 Ethnic Groups• Economically Disadvantaged• English Language Learners• Students with Disabilities
NEW!
System Safeguards: Federal Graduation Rates
• 78% 4-year and 83% 5-year• All Students• 7 Ethnic Groups• Economically Disadvantaged• English Language Learners• Students with Disabilities
NEW!
System Safeguards: DistrictCaps
• Reading and Mathematics• 2% Modified• 1% Alternate
NEW!
– Commissioner was scheduled to approve the system by end of March 2013.
– However, House Bill 5 (2013) recently passed by a margin of 145-2, and is pending in the Senate.
What is the status of the proposed system?
TEA would be required to implement a three pronged accountability system, as opposed to the proposed four index system, which includes:
• Student Achievement• Community Engagement• Financial Ratings
House Bill 5
Student Achievement:
• The bill excludes results of statewide standardized tests, and EOC’s, as a student achievement indicator to the greatest extent possible.
House Bill 5
Community Engagement :
• The bill requires a school district to use criteria developed by the commissioner, in conjunction with criteria developed by a local committee to evaluate the performance of a campus, and establishes requirements with regard to the development of those state and local criteria.
House Bill 5
SB 1109: Relating to suspending public school accountability ratings and certain interventions and sanctions for the 2012-2013 school year.
– Unanimously passed out of committee yesterday (9-0).
– Currently scheduled for public Hearing. HB 1017: Relating to suspending public school accountability ratings for the 2012-2013 school year.
– Referred to Public Education Committee
Pending Legislation
• Waiver of the federal Accountability Performance Targets/Standards Setting Procedures to allow TEA to replace the current Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) calculations and performance targets with the state’s accountability rating system.
• Waiver to create a single system of interventions based on accountability results.
What About AYP?
What are the next steps?
TBD
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