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!

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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