Accountability Up-dates 2014 June

Timeline of Events

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Review contents of Accountability 2014 notebook

1. Overview of Each Index including safe guards

2. Distinction Designations

3. Timeline of Events

Performance Index Framework

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For 2013 and beyond, an accountability framework of four Performance Indexes includes a broad set of measures that provide a comprehensive evaluation of the campus or district.

Student Achievement

Index I

Student Progress

Index 2

Closing Performance

Gaps

Index 3

Postsecondary Readiness

Index 4

Accountability System

Texas Education Agency | Office of Assessment and Accountability | Division of Performance Reporting

Overview of Performance Index Framework (one page) http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2014/materials.html

Review STAAR Vocabulary

• Performance categories – Level III: Advanced Academic Performance*

– Level II: Satisfactory Academic Performance

– Level I: Unsatisfactory Academic Performance

• Performance Standards – Phase-in 1 Level II

– Phase-in 2 Level II

– Final Recommended Level II

• Performance Targets

• Student’s Gain Score ( Index 2)

• ELL Progress Measure

• Safe Guards

• Distinction Designation

Performance Target

Tab 1

INDEX ONE

Performance Targets

ELL Progress Measure

Student Achievement

Index I

Index 1 is your data source for all

the other indices.

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2013 Index 1

2014 Accountability Manual page 19 - 20 & 33

What is the purpose of the ELL progress measure?

The ELL progress measure has been created specifically for Texas ELL students. It takes into account the time needed to acquire the English language and to fully demonstrate grade-level academic skills in English.

• Step 1: Determine if the student is eligible to receive the ELL progress measure

There are three steps used to calculate the ELL progress measure:

There are three steps used to calculate the ELL progress measure:

• Step 2: Determine the appropriate plan for the student

There are three steps used to calculate the ELL progress measure:

• Step 3: Using the student’s current number of years in U.S. schools and ELL progress measure plan (found in step 2), find the student’s Met and Exceeded scale score expectations. Compare the student’s scale score on the STAAR assessment to the Met and Exceeded expectations.

ELL Progress Measure Expectations for Grade 7*

Guide to Computing the ELL Progress Measure

ELL progress measure- CSR

ELL Progress Measure

Tab 2

SAFE GUARDS

Index 1 is your data source

The safeguards system meets additional

federal accountability requirements.

Second

Tab 2013 Safeguards

Look at your Safe Guards

• Did your student groups meet the State Target of 55?

• Did your student groups meet the Federal Target of 79?

System Safeguards 23

Results will be reported for any group that meets accountability minimum

size criteria.

Failure to meet the safeguard target for any reported group must be addressed in the campus or district improvement plan.

Performance on the safeguard measures will be incorporated into the Texas Accountability Intervention System (TAIS).

See Accountability Monitoring website for further information: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/pmi/accountabilitymonitoring/

Tab 3

INDEX TWO

Student’s Gain Score

Student Progress

Index 2

Index 2- Progress Measure

For STAAR, progress is measured as a student’s gain score, which is the difference between the score a student achieved in the prior year and the score a student achieved in the current year.

Individual student progress is then categorized as Did Not Meet, Met, or Exceeded.

Index 2- Progress Measure

To meet the progress target, a student’s gain score must be at least the difference between the final level II standard on the current year’s test and the final level II standard on the prior-year’s test. This definition is based on the goal that students in Level II will at least maintain Level II performance.

The same concept applies to students who were in Level III: Advanced Academic Performance in the prior year. For these students the Met progress target is defined as the distance between the Level III standards in the prior year grade.

The Exceeded progress target is a designation reserved for those students who have demonstrated significant growth over the course of the year, beyond that of the Met progress target. The Exceeded progress target is defined as the distance between the Level II standard in the prior year and the Level III standard in the current year.

Index 2- Progress Measure

Students who score in the level III range may meet progress or exceed progress.

Students who score in the level II (passing) range may meet progress, exceed progress, or not meet progress.

Students who score in the level I (not passing) range may meet progress, exceed progress, or not meet progress.

Index 2- Progress Measure

Index 2- Progress Measure

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Index 2: Student Progress focuses on actual student growth independent of overall achievement levels for each race/ethnicity student group, students with disabilities, and English language learners.

ELL Progress Measure

Index 2- Progress Measure

2014 Elementary School Middle School High School

READING

Gr. 4 Reading Gr. 6 Reading -

Gr. 5 Reading Gr. 7 Reading Gr. 8 Reading

MATHEMATICS

Gr. 4 Mathematics Gr. 6 Mathematics Algebra l

Gr. 5 Mathematics Gr. 7 Mathematics

- Gr. 8 Mathematics Algebra l

WRITING -

2013 Index 2

Tab 4

INDEX THREE

Index 1 is your data source

Closing Performance

Gaps

Index 3

Index 3 document:

• Confirm lowest performing groups

identified meet the minimum size criteria of

25 tests in BOTH Reading and Math.

• Identify two lowest performing groups

ELL Progress Measure

2013 Index 3

Tab 5

INDEX FOUR

Final level II performance standard

Index 1 is your data source

Postsecondary Readiness

Index 4

Elementary and Middles schools are evaluated

2012-2014

2014-2015

2016 and

Beyond

Phase-in , Level II

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Phase-In – Level II

The percent of students meeting the final level II performance

standard in:

• Two or more subject areas or

• One subject area if only one subject tare test is taken.

Grade 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Areas

Tested

Math

Reading

Math

Reading

Writing

Math

Reading

Science

Math

Reading

Math

Reading

Writing

Math

Reading

Science

S.

Studies

ELA I/II

ALG I

BIO

US HIST

ELL Progress Measure

TAPR (AEIS Report)

Tab 6

DISTINCTION DESIGNATION

Campus Comparison Group provides the campus comparison

group used for determining Distinction Designations.

Distinction Designation

2013 Distinction Designations

Student Progress (based on Index 2)

Academic Achievement in:

Reading/English Language Arts

Mathematics

2014 Distinction Designations

Student Progress (based on Index 2)

Closing Performance Gaps (based on Index 3)

Academic Achievement in:

Reading/English Language Arts

Mathematics

Science

Social Studies

Postsecondary Readiness for campuses and districts

Distinction Designation

See sample of 2014 Accountability Summary included in manual

Tab 7

INDEX TARGETS CAMPUS COMPARISON GROUPS

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2014 Index Targets – Summary Document pg. 2

Texas Education Agency | Office of Assessment and Accountability | Division of Performance Reporting

Tab 8

NEW INFORMATION ANTICIPATED TIMELINE OF EVENTS

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Legislative Changes - 83rd Texas Legislature

Accountability Ratings Beginning with the 2016-17 school

year, TEA is required to assign ratings of A, B, C, D, or F to districts, and ratings of exemplary, recognized, acceptable, or unacceptable to campuses.

First week in August we will have 2014

Preliminary Accountability Tables with

rating labels

State Accountability Overview

2014