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School Accountability Ratings. What Are Our District’s Accountability Ratings? What do they mean?. Who are our Students?. # of students % white students % African American students % Hispanic students % Economically disadvantaged students % Students in Special Education
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School Accountability Ratings What Are Our District’s Accountability Ratings? What do they mean?
Who are our Students? • # of students • % white students • % African American students • % Hispanic students • % Economically disadvantaged students • % Students in Special Education • % Limited English Proficient students • Number of campuses subject to ratings • High schools • Middle schools • Elementary schools
Two Rating Systems • State Accountability System • Ratings: “Exemplary,” “Recognized,” “Academically Acceptable,” “Academically Unacceptable” and “Not Rated” • Indicators: TAKS tests, dropout rate (grades 7, 8), and completion rate (grades 9-12) • 5 Subgroups: All students, White, African American, Hispanic, and Economically Disadvantaged • Federal Accountability System (No Child Left Behind Act) • Rating Categories: “Meets Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)” or “Missed AYP” and “Not Rated” • Indicators: TAKS tests, TAKS participation rate, and graduation rate (for high schools) or attendance rate (for middle or elementary schools) • 7 Subgroups: Same as state plus Limited English Proficient and Special Ed
2009-10 District Ratings (State System) • 2009-10 Rating:________ • 2008-09 Rating: ________ • Areas of challenge:
2009-10 Campus Ratings (State System) • (#) campuses rated “Exemplary” • (#) campuses rated “Recognized” • (#) campuses rated “Academically Acceptable” • Change from last year (if any) • Areas of challenge
2009-10 District Rating (Federal System) • AYP status • Change from last year (if any) • Reason(s) district didn’t make AYP (if applicable)
2009-10 Campus Ratings (Federal System) • (#) of campuses rated “Meets AYP” • (#) of campuses rated “Missed AYP” • Change from last year (if any) • Reason(s) why all campuses did not “Meet AYP” (if applicable)
Improvement Goals and Strategies for 2009-10 • Improvement Goal #1: • Program(s) to achieve the goal • Improvement Goal #2: • Program(s) to achieve the goal
How you can help…. • Become a pen-pal to a student • Read to our students during your lunch period • Tutor a student after school or on weekends • Participate in a “Financial Aid” workshop to help parents fill out financial aid forms • Contact: