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2005 Alternative Education Accountability (AEA)

This slide presentation provides preliminary information on the development process and components of the 2005 AEA, including AEC identification criteria, registration requirements, and data attribution. Stakeholder feedback is sought and a website has been created for the latest information.

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2005 Alternative Education Accountability (AEA)

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  1. 2005Alternative EducationAccountability (AEA) Developed by the Texas Education Agency Performance Reporting Division This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  2. This Information is in Draft Form The information in this slide presentation is preliminary and is provided to solicit feedback on AEA procedures as they are being developed. This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  3. This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  4. 2005 AEA Development Process • Stakeholder feedback solicited earlier in the process • Electronic stakeholder group for ongoing communication • 2005 AEA procedures are scheduled to be finalized in late March • 2005 state accountability ratings, including AECs, will be issued by August 1, 2005. This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  5. AEA Website • An AEA website has been created at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/aea. • Monitor this site for the latest AEA information. This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  6. Comments The Performance Reporting Division welcomes your comments and suggestions on the AEA information provided in this slide presentation. Please email us at Performance.Reporting@tea.state.tx.us. This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  7. Components of 2005 AEA • Alternative education campus (AEC) identification criteria • AEC registration requirements • Attribution of AEC data (the 85-day rule) • Completion and Dropout Rates • Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) and the Texas Growth Index (TGI) • State-Developed Alternative Assessment II (SDAA II) This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  8. Guidelines for AEA • Statutory indicators • TAKS • SDAA II • Completion/dropouts • Standard data sources • Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) • State test contractor • Appropriate indicators with rigorous standards This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  9. AEC Identification This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  10. AEC Groupings Used for2005 AEA Development 2004 Accountability Universe Registered AECs Residential Facilities At-Risk Campuses Data for the above groupings can be disaggregated based on other campus characteristics such as charter campus versus non-charter campus. This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  11. 2004 Accountability Universe • Universe of campuses that are included in the state accountability rating system • Regular campuses and AECs • 7,813 campuses This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  12. Registered AECs • Campuses that registered for AEA for 2005 excluding Residential Facilities • 357 campuses This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  13. Residential Facilities • Campuses that are: • Texas Youth Commission (TYC) • Texas Juvenile Probation Commission (TJPC) • Private Residential Treatment Centers (PRTC) • Regardless of whether they are registered for AEA or identified as alternative campuses in AskTED • 77 campuses This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  14. TYC Residential Facilities Campuses serving students in residential programs and facilities operated by or under contract with TYC (contracted facilities and halfway houses with separate county-district-campus numbers) This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  15. TJPC Residential Facilities Campuses serving students in pre-adjudication detention centers and post-adjudication correctional facilities registered with TJPC (facilities with separate county-district-campus numbers) This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  16. PRTC Residential Facilities Campuses serving students in privately operated residential treatment centers (facilities with separate county-district-campus numbers that were identified as PRTC when they registered as AECs) This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  17. At-Risk Campuses • Campuses with at least 75% of students identified as at risk • Not AECs or Residential Facilities • 800 campuses This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  18. AEC Registration Requirements and Criteria This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  19. AEC Registration • AECs have been registering for evaluation under AEA procedures since 1995-96. • Since 1999-00, AEC registration governs the campus of accountability processing in PEIMS and the attribution of AEC student data. This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  20. AEC Registration Criteria To be registered for AEA, the AEC must: • have its own county-district-campus number that is used for submitting PEIMS data and coding test answer documents; • be identified in AskTED as an alternative campus; • be dedicated to serving “students at risk of dropping out of school” as defined in Texas Education Code (TEC) §29.081(d); This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  21. AEC Registration Criteria (cont.) • operate on its own campus budget; • offer nontraditional methods of instructional delivery designed to meet the needs of the students served on the campus; • have an appropriately certified, full-time administrator whose primary duty is the administration of the AEC; This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  22. AEC Registration Criteria (cont.) • have appropriately certified teachers assigned in all areas including special education, bilingual education, and/or English as a second language (ESL) to serve students eligible for such services; • provide each student the opportunity to attend a 7-hour school day; and This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  23. AEC Registration Criteria (cont.) 9) Special education students must be placed at the AEC by their admission, review, and dismissal (ARD) committee; they must receive all services outlined in their current individualized education programs (IEPs); limited English proficient (LEP) students must receive all services outlined by the language proficiency assessment committee (LPAC); and both types of students must be served by appropriately certified teachers. This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  24. AEC Registration Criteria (cont.) All requirements in criteria 7-9 above may not apply to charter campuses (depending upon the terms of the charter) or to community-based dropout recovery campuses established in accordance with TEC §29.081(e), but are required for all other campuses to be registered for AEA. This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  25. AEC Registration Criteria Options • Continue to use existing eligibility criteria • Implement a 75% or higher at-risk criterion for AECs that is verified through current year PEIMS fall enrollment data • Limit AEA registration to those AECs that serve students in Grade 7 and higher • Limit AEA registration to those AECs that have data for the AEA indicators This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  26. AEA Charters • Charter campuses are rated under campus accountability procedures. • Charters are rated under district accountability procedures. • Charters that operate only registered AECs will be evaluated under AEA procedures. • Charters that operate both regular campuses and registered AECs may need to meet additional criteria for AEA registration of the charter. This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  27. Attribution of AEC Data(The 85-day Rule) This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  28. Attribution of AEC Data Beginning in the 1999-00 school year, attendance, dropout/completion, and performance data is attributed to registered AECs only when a student attends the registered AEC for 85 days or more. As required in statute, JJAEP and DAEP student data will continue to be attributed back to a student’s regular campus. This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  29. Attribution of AEC Data For data collected through PEIMS: • attribution of most attendance and leaver data are based on student attendance data, and • campus of accountability (COA) is collected when a student’s only campus of enrollment is a registered AEC the student attended for less than 85 days, and/or a DAEP, and/or a JJAEP. This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  30. Attribution of AEC Data (cont.) Test answer documents are: physically submitted with the answer documents for the student’s regular campus, and coded to show the student was tested at an AEC but does not identify the AEC. This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  31. 85-Day Rule Options • Continue the 85-day rule – attribute student data back to a student’s regular campus when the student attends the registered AEC for less than 85 days. • Discontinue the 85-day rule – do not attribute student data. The data on which AECs will be evaluated is determined by other policy (for example, accountability subset). This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  32. Completion andDropout Rates This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  33. Completion Rate • Completion rate has been part of the Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS) since 1995. • Completion rate is a base indicator for ratings in the standard evaluation process beginning in 2004. This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  34. Dropout Rate • Annual dropout rate (Gr 7-12) was a base indicator in the standard evaluation process from 1994-2002 and a component of AEA from 1996-2002. • Annual dropout rate (Gr 7-8) is a base indicator for ratings in the standard evaluation process beginning in 2004. This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  35. Completion/Dropout Rate Issues • AECs by definition provide programs for students at risk of dropping out of school. • The completion and/or dropout rate(s) may be the most important indicator in the AEA procedures. • GED preparation is an alternative program offered on many AECs. • Many AECs do not have a longitudinal completion/student status rate due to grade span or years of operation. This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  36. Completion Rate A grade 9-12 completion rate that includes graduates, continuing students, and GED recipients would acknowledge that AECs offer programs designed to serve students who take longer than 4 years to graduate or who earn a GED certificate. This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  37. Dropout Rate • The dropout component of the longitudinal completion/student status rate or annual dropout rate focuses on the dropout prevention mission of AECs • Over 90% of AECs have a grade 7-12 annual dropout rate This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  38. Determining Completion andDropout Rate Standards • Identify equivalent standard to that for similar indicators in the standard evaluation process or • Use model results to compare performance of registered AECs and non-registered AECs and also to compare performance on different measures for campuses that have sufficient data to evaluate all measures This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  39. Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills(TAKS) This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  40. TAKS Decisions Applicable to AEA • Student Passing Standard - % Met Standard adopted by SBOE • Reading/English Language Arts (ELA) – Grade 3-9 Reading and Grade 10-11 ELA are combined • Grade 3 Reading/Grade 5 Reading and Mathematics – results from 1st and 2nd administrations are combined • TAKS Spanish – performance on TAKS Spanish is combined with performance on the English-language TAKS • Testing Window – test results for students given a make-up test within the testing window are included • Special Education – TAKS results of special education students are included This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  41. TAKS Decisions Applicable to AEA • Sum Across Grades – TAKS results are summed across grades • Rounding of Performance – calculations are expressed as a percent, rounded to whole numbers • Rounding of Student Group Percent – calculations are expressed as a percent, rounded to whole numbers • Student Groups – African American, Hispanic, White, and Economically Disadvantaged • Minimum size criteria for student groups – 30/10%/50 This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  42. Small Numbers ofTest Takers on AECs This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  43. Addressing Small Numbers ofTest Takers at AECs • AECs are smaller on average and have much higher mobility rates than regular campuses. • Campus size and mobility have implications for evaluation of TAKS results. • Performance rates based on small numbers of tests may not be reliable indicators of campus performance. This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  44. Addressing Small Numbers ofTest Takers at AECs (cont.) To address small numbers of test takers, these options will be discussed: • Special analysis • Accountability subset • TAKS subjects • Minimum size criteria This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  45. Special Analysis • Used for very small campuses in the standard evaluation process • Combine current and prior year data • Professional judgment • Staff intensive process • Less transparent than regular analysis This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  46. Accountability Subset Options Campus accountability • currently used in the standard evaluation process • holds campus accountable for performance of students they have had all year This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  47. Accountability Subset Options (cont.) District accountability • holds campus accountable for performance of students tested on the campus who are enrolled on any campus within the same district on the fall PEIMS enrollment snapshot • AEC is district-wide program • More students in AEC evaluation This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  48. TAKS Subject Options • Evaluate each TAKS subject separately as currently done in the standard evaluation process • accountability for performance in each subject • Sum TAKS results across subjects as well as grades • increases the number of tests • allows more AECs to be evaluated on current year results This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  49. Minimum Size Criteria Option Rate AECs solely on Completion/Dropout Rate (no special analysis or pairing) when the AEC has TAKS results for a small number of total students or no TAKS results This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

  50. Texas Growth Index(TGI) This information is preliminary. January 19, 2005

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