Region 10 Accountability and Assessment Updates

1. Region 10 Accountability and Assessment Updates March 20, 2014 Jana Schreiner, Accountability and State Assessment Consultant

2. Agenda, Webinar #8 • Accountability • Federal Report Card • Decisions soon!!! • Assessment • Double Testing • SSI • Substitute Assessments

3. Accountability

4. Federal Report Cards 2013 Federal Report Cards are now available For questions email Charles Hess at nclb@tea.state.tx.us. Federal Report Cards for the state, the district, and each of the district’s campuses are now available on the Texas Education Agency’s (TEA) website at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index4.aspx?id=4638&menu_id=2147483742. Although TEA received an ESEA Flexibility Waiver on September 30, 2013 waiving various ESEA requirements, the requirement of disseminating a federal card was not included in the waiver.

5. Federal Report Cards Each LEA that receives Title I, Part A funding is responsible for disseminating the State, LEA and campus-level report cards to 1) all LEA campuses, 2) to parents of all enrolled students, and 3) to make the information widely available through public means such as posting on the Internet, distribution to the media, or distribution through public agencies.  At a minimum, the LEA must— ·         post direct links to the State, LEA, and campus report cards on its web site, ·         make hard copies available to parents on request, ·         make hard copies available for viewing in public locations, and ·         notify parents of ALL students about the availability of the report cards and the options for obtaining them. LEAs must make the federal report card information readily accessible to the public, and parents must be notified of the availability of the federal report card information no later thanthe Thursday, May 1, 2014.

6. Link http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/frc/2013/srch.html

7. State Accountability

8. 2014 Development http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2014/materials.html • ATAC preliminary recommendations—with targets…this posted 02/28/14 • Final decisions in March… the “end” of March….. • Accountability sessions www.region10.org

9. Assessment

10. Double Testing/Student Success Initiative

11. Poll • Region 10 informal poll results • 20 Yes • 22 No • 3 Not applicable • 6 waiting

12. What about SSI • SSI— • Only applies to student taking test on grade level • Guide posted • http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/ssi/

13. Substitute Assessments

14. §101.4002. State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness End-of-Course Substitute Assessments

15. Jana.Schreiner@Region10.org 972-348-1480