federal accountability adequate yearly progress. tea-usde flexibility agreement 2005-2007

Federal Accountability

Adequate Yearly Progress

TEA-USDE Flexibility Agreement2005-2007

Future of Including Students with Disabilities in AYP

Increase amount of instruction special education students receive at or close to enrolled grade level

Improve performance of students in relation to the student performance standards for the grade level at which they are being instructed

Testing Status of Special Education Students

Grades 3-8 & 10

Reading/ELA2003-04 2004-05

TAKS 30% 30%

SDAA II 57% 62%

LDAA 10% 4%

Absent/Other 3% 3%

LEP Exempt 1% 1%

Total 304,668 299,808

TEA/USDE Agreement

Cap on use of results based on alternate achievement standards

2005 AYP – 5% cap

2006 AYP – 3% cap

2007 AYP – 3% cap (1% cap on alternate achievement standards, 2% cap on modified achievement standards)

TEA/USDE Agreement

Tests counted in AYP Participation Rate

2005 AYP – TAKS, SDAA II, LDAA

2006 AYP – TAKS, SDAA II, LDAA

2007 AYP – TAKS, SDAA II, TAKS-A field test

TEA/USDE Agreement

Tests counted in AYP Performance Rate

2005 AYP – TAKS, SDAA II, LDAA

2006 AYP – TAKS, SDAA II, LDAA

2007 AYP – TAKS, SDAA II (TAKS-A field test count as failing)

Anticipated Implementation of New Assessments in AYP

Proposed Changes for 2006

Draft Submission to USDE

Title I Committee of Practitioners Review (January 10, 2006)

Submitted to USDE by March, 2006

2006 Amendments to the Texas AYP Handbook

Summary of Proposed Amendments

Full Academic Year Safe Harbor Confidence Intervals Safe Harbor Improvement on Other

Measures Special Education Student Group Phase-in of Student Proficiency

Standard TEA/USDE Flexibility Agreement

Full Academic Year

Revise the Texas full academic year definition to include students in the performance measure who were enrolled in the same district the previous school year. Previous year attendance data will be used to determine last district attended for each student.

Safe Harbor Confidence Intervals

For districts, charters, and campuses that do not meet the safe harbor standard for performance improvement, recalculate improvement for the performance indicator using a confidence interval methodology.

Proposed calculation similar to the use of confidence intervals used for performance improvement appeals.

Safe Harbor Improvementon Other Measure

A district, charter, or campus will be found to make improvement on the other measure for purposes of safe harbor if it either shows gains on that measure or meets the AYP Graduation and Attendance Rate standard on the other measure for all student groups that meet minimum size criteria (in addition to all students).

Special Education Student Group

In calculating the AYP reading and mathematics performance rates, include in the special education student group test results for students previously identified as special education for 2 years after they no longer receive special education services.

Special education attendance data for the previous two years will be used to identify students not receiving special education services in the current year who did receive services in the previous 2 years.

Phase-in of Student Proficiency Standard

Modify the Texas AYP to clarify the phase-in of the student proficiency standard under Critical Element 1.3.

The SBOE set standards for student achievement in November 2002, as follows:

2005 – Panels’ Recommendations (PR)

2004 – One SEM below PR

2003 – Two SEM below PR

2005 Flexibility Agreement between TEA and USDE

Update information in the Texas AYP Workbook for 2006 and 2007 AYP to incorporate provisions of the TEA/USDE agreement related to calculation of AYP.

2006AYPProcess

New Features

3% Statewide Cap

Exceptions to cap processed prior to preliminary release

Use of Residential Facility (RF)Tracker Data Collection System

Key Dates

mid-April TEASE RF Tracker/ Exceptions

Application

Early June AYP Guide

August 9, 2006 AYP Preliminary Results

Key Dates (continued)

August 9, 2006 Appeals Accepted

& Other ExceptionApplications

Accepted

Sept. 13, 2006 Appeal Deadline

Late Nov./ Early Dec. AYP Final Results