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HB5 Summary

HB5 Summary. Tom Jaggard Social Studies Specialist Region Testing Coordinator Education Service Center, Region 2. Includes Considerations, Decision Points, and Examples for each aspect of the new graduation plan. HB5. Assessment Graduation Instruction Accountability.

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HB5 Summary

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  1. HB5 Summary Tom Jaggard Social Studies Specialist Region Testing Coordinator Education Service Center, Region 2

  2. Includes Considerations, Decision Points, and Examples for each aspect of the new graduation plan.

  3. HB5 • Assessment • Graduation • Instruction • Accountability

  4. HB5 – Assessment • STAAR assessments will be released every year through 2015-2016

  5. HB5 – Assessment • Limits districts to administering no more than 2 benchmark assessments • Parents of students with special needs may request additional assessments

  6. HB5 – Assessment • Counting “Years in US Schools” for ELLs • Requires 60 consecutive days to count as a “Year in US Schools”

  7. HB5 – Assessment • EOC 15% Rule Eliminated completely • EOCs Reduced from 15 tests to 5 tests Eliminated the Cumulative Score* Eliminated the Minimum Score* * Except for ELA transition plan

  8. HB3Graduation Requirements To graduate, a student must achieve a Cumulative Score in each content area that is equal to the product of the number of STAAR/EOC assessments taken in the content area times the Satisfactory Academic Performance scale score.

  9. HB5 Graduation Requirements To graduate, a student must achieve Level II – Satisfactory Academic Performance on each of these five EOCs.

  10. HB5 – Graduation • Replacing MHSP/RHSP/DAP with Foundation + Endorsements • Applies to new freshman in 2014-2015

  11. NOTE: Distinguished Level of Achievement will be required for automatic top 10% college admission.

  12. HB5 – Graduation • Replacing MHSP/RHSP/DAP with Foundation + Endorsements • Applies to new freshman in 2014-2015 • 2014-2015: Students enrolled in one of the old plans can switch to the new plan • 2013-2014: 4th-year high school students on track to graduate in May, 2014 may graduate under the Foundation Plan if they fall short of earning RHSP/DAP

  13. HB5 – Graduation • Replacing MHSP/RHSP/DAP with Foundation + Endorsements • SBOE held hearings in September, 2013 to get input regarding the new plans • SBOE will draft rules in November, 2013 to be published for comment • SBOE intends to finalize these rules at their meeting in January, 2014

  14. HB5 – Instruction • School Day Interruptions • A district may not remove a student (without written parental consent) from a regularly-scheduled class for “remedial tutoring or test preparation” more than 10% of the scheduled class time

  15. HB5 – Accountability • Each district must evaluate its performance in community and student engagement using locally-developed criteria • Each district must rate itself as Exemplary, Recognized, Acceptable, or Unacceptable • Ratings must be published by August 8, 2014 • TEA will develop a ratings reporting process to collect this information from LEAs

  16. HB5 – Accountability • District Ratings A-B-C-D-F • Campus Ratings Exemplary Recognized Acceptable Unacceptable • New labels to be used • in 2016-2017. • ATAC and APAC are • meeting this fall to • discuss changes for • 2014 accountability.

  17. Commissioner’s Proposed Rule Changes “The following policy changes – which will be proposed and adopted under commissioner of education rules – are designed to assist districts in implementing new requirements under House Bill 5 (HB5), as well as follow established federal requirements, related to the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness.” – TEA Press Release on August 2, 2013

  18. Commissioner’s Proposed Rule Changes • Performance Standards • Phase-in 1 extended for one more year • Timing of Phase-in 2 and Final are TBD • Students “lock in” a phase-in standard for all EOCs when they take their first EOC

  19. Commissioner’s Proposed Rule Changes • STAAR EOC for English I and English II • Reading and Writing combined in Spring 2014 • Blueprint has been posted!

  20. Commissioner’s Proposed Rule Changes • STAAR EOC for English I and English II • Reading and Writing combined in Spring 2014 • Blueprint has been posted! • Transition plan maintains minimum score and cumulative score for students who have already passed reading or writing but not both • ELL Special Provision only applies to English I

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