Accountability Rating System

1. Accountability Rating System Commissioner’s Final Rules 2014

2. Performance Index Framework Overview

3. Key Points for Index Calculations • Accountability Subset Definition • Phase-in Standards for Level II Satisfactory Performance on STAAR • Student Group Size Requirements Accountability System

4. CHANGES FOR 2013-2014 and BEYOND • The number of EOC assessments required for graduation reduced from 15 to 5. • New Academic Achievement Designations (AAD): • Top 25% Closing Achievement Gaps based on performance on Index 3. • AAD in Science. • AAD in Social Studies. • Additional indicators for Academic Achievement in Reading/ELA and Mathematics based on PSAT and ACT Plan test results. Accountability System

5. CHANGES FOR 2013-2014 and BEYOND • Postsecondary Readiness Designations: • District-wide postsecondary distinction indicators across all eligible campus-level indicators that attain the top 25% (top quartile) of their campus comparison group • Districts that meet or exceed a target of 70% on the percentage of postsecondary readiness indicators in the top quartile receive the postsecondary readiness distinction designation. Accountability System

6. CHANGES FOR 2013-2014 and BEYOND • Community/Student Engagement and Compliance Self Assessment • Campus and district self-assessment on 8 locally-developed criteria of community/student engagement and one indicator on compliance will be reported along with the accountability ratings for 2014. (Specific training forthcoming.) • Fine arts • Wellness & physical education • Community & parental involvement • 21st Century workforce development program • Second language acquisition • Digital learning environment • Dropout prevention strategies • Educational program for G/T students Accountability System

7. CHANGES FOR 2013-2014 and BEYOND Utilization of the ELL Progress Measure The Texas English Language Learner (ELL) Progress Measure provides year-to-year performance expectations on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) content-area assessments for Texas ELL students. The year-to-year STAAR expectations take into account the level of English language proficiency ELL students possess, thus providing a more meaningful gauge of annual improvement or progress for these students than the general STAAR Progress Measure. Accountability System

8. To be eligible for the ELL Progress Measure, a student must: be classified as limited English proficient (LEP), take the English language versions of STAAR, and not have a parent denial requested for ELL services. CHANGES FOR 2013-2014 and BEYOND Accountability System

9. How does the Texas ELL Progress Measure work? Eligible ELLs are placed into a plan that specifies the expected number of years it should take for the student to reach proficiency, or meet his or her Level II: Satisfactory Academic Performance standards on STAAR content-area assessments. Students’ plans are determined by the number of years they have been enrolled in U.S. schools and the TELPAS composite proficiency level they obtain the first time they take TELPAS, beginning in 2014 and with second grade. CHANGES FOR 2013-2014 and BEYOND Accountability System

10. Student Achievement Index I

11. CHANGES FOR 2013-2014 and BEYOND New ELL Exclusions: Students in U.S. schools Year 1 excluded Students in U.S. schools Year 2 through Year 4 included based on test version: English test version using STAAR ELL Progress Measure; Spanish test version using phase-in Level II performance standard Students in U.S. schools Year 5 and beyond included at phase-in Level II performance standard Immigrants entering at Grade 9 or above included using STAAR ELL Progress Measure Exceptions: asylees/refugees in U.S. schools Year 1 through Year 5 excluded Student Achievement Index I

12. Student Progress Index 2 *High Schools exempted for 2014

13. Student Progress Index 2 *High Schools exempted for 2014

14. CHANGES FOR 2013-2014 and BEYOND Exclusions: ELL students in U.S. schools Year 1 excluded Exception: asylees/refugees in U.S. schools Year 1 through Year 5 excluded Students from Grade 8 Reading to English I EOC, or from Grade 7 Writing to English I EOC New Inclusions: ELL students in U.S. schools Years 2-4 included using ELL Progress measure for students tested in English Immigrants entering at Grade 9 or above(Years 2-4) included using STAAR ELL Progress Measure Students tested on the STAAR Modified and Alternate Students who skip grades, e.g., from 5th to 7th grade mathematics. Student Progress Index 2

15. CHANGES FOR 2013-2014 and BEYOND New Inclusions (cont.): Students who transition from Spanish to English STAAR (who are not eligible for ELL Progress Measure) in mathematics using STAAR progress measure   Students who transition from Spanish to English STAAR (who are not eligible for ELL Progress Measure) in reading will be credited as met expectation for meeting the phase-in 1 Level II standard and as exceeding expectation for meeting the final Level II performance standard. Student Progress Index 2

16. CHANGES FOR 2013-2014 and BEYOND Closing Performance Gaps Index 3

17. SCORINGTABLE Closing Performance Gaps Index 3

18. CHANGES FOR 2013-2014 and BEYOND New ELL Exclusions: Students in U.S. schools Year 1 excluded Students in U.S. schools Year 2 through Year 4 included based on test version: English test version using STAAR ELL Progress Measure and STAAR Final Level II; Spanish test version using phase-in 1 Level II performance standard and Level III Students in U.S. schools Year 5 and beyond included at phase-in 1 Level II performance standard and Level III Exceptions: asylees/refugees in U.S. schools Year 1 through Year 5 excluded Immigrants entering at Grade 9 or above excluded Closing Performance Gaps Index 3

19. High Schools with Graduation Rates Postsecondary Readiness Index 4

20. High Schools without Graduation Rates Postsecondary Readiness Index 4 Annual Dropout Rate Conversion Formula: 100 – (Gr. 9-12 Annual Dropout Rate x 10), with a floor of zero

21. CHANGES FOR 2013-2014 and BEYOND Postsecondary Readiness Index 4

22. New ELL Exclusions: English test version results Students in U.S. schools Year 1 through Year 4 excluded Students in U.S. schools Year 5 and beyond included at final Level II performance standard Exceptions: Asylees/refugees excluded; immigrants entering at Grade 9 or above excluded Spanish test version results: Students in U.S. schools Year 1 excluded Students in U.S. schools Year 2 and beyond included at final Level II performance standard Exception: Asylees/refugees in U.S. schools Year 1 through Year 5 excluded CHANGES FOR 2013-2014 and BEYOND Postsecondary Readiness Index 4

23. Added - STAAR postsecondary readiness standard (final Level II recommended standard) Credit given for meeting postsecondary readiness standard (final Level II) on one or more tests. New indicator Postsecondary Indicator: College-Ready Graduates The percent meeting college ready criteria in both reading/ELA and mathematics on TAKS exit-level test, or the SAT test, or the ACT test. CHANGES FOR 2013-2014 and BEYOND Postsecondary Readiness Index 4

24. State Accountability Ratings & Distinctions Accountability System *To receive a Met Standard, or Met Alternative Standard rating, all campuses and districts must meet all 4 (3 for high schools) performance index targets

25. Intervention Designations Accountability System

26. Safeguard Measures and Targets Accountability System Source: TEA waiver application

27. Questions: Carla Stevens, Ed La Sage Research and Accountability 713-556-6700 Resources: http://www.houstonisd.org/Page/90761 Accountability System