2019 Accountability Updates

1. 2019 Accountability Updates

2. Accountability Rating Labels • The overall design of the accountability system will remain unchanged. • Districts, open-enrollment charter schools, and campuses will be evaluated by three domains: • Student Achievement, • School Progress (Academic Growth and Relative Performance), and • Closing the Gaps. • All campuses will receive a A–F rating in 2019. Ratings will be based on scaled scores using the same grade bands (90 – 100=A) as district ratings. • The cut points for letter grades are unchanged.

3. Rating Calculations • Scaling methodology is unchanged apart from the conversion for districts and campuses with a 100 percent graduation rate. • A 100 percent graduation rate will scale to a 100. • In 2018, a district could not receive an overall or domain rating of A if the district included any campus with a corresponding overall or domain rating of Improvement Required. In this case, the highest scaled score a district could receive for the overall or in the corresponding domain was an 89. • With the implementation of letter grade ratings for campuses, this step will be updated for 2019 to align with statute. A district may not receive an overall or domain rating of A if the district includes any campus with a corresponding overall or domain rating of D or F.

4. Rating Calculations • The provision that stipulates if an F rating is received in three of the four areas: • Student Achievement; • School Progress, Part A: Academic Growth; • School Progress, Part B: Relative Performance; or • Closing the Gaps, the highest scaled score a district, open-enrollment charter school, or campus can receive for the overall rating is a 59 will remain. • However, for 2019 accountability, if the Student Achievement domain rating is a D or higher, this provision will not be applied.

5. English Learners • An updated EL performance measure will only be used in STAAR performance components. • First year EL students are excluded from STAAR performance components while second year EL students will be included using an EL performance measure in place of a STAAR performance level. • ELs who are in their second year in U.S. schools who have a parental denial for EL services will not receive an EL performance measure. • ELs will continue to be evaluated for growth using the STAAR progress measure.

6. Domain I: StudentAchievement Updates Domain II: SchoolProgress Domain III: Closing TheGaps Domain I: StudentAchievement

7. Domain I: Student Achievement Updates 100% Elementary 100% Middle 40% 40% High 20% Implementation 2019 and Beyond

8. CTE & Industry-Based Certifications • The career and technical education (CTE) transition timeline is updated to reflect the 2019–20 school year implementation of the updated list of industry-based certifications. • The updated list of industry-based certifications is scheduled to go into effect for the 2019–20 school year and will apply to accountability ratings in August 2021. • To view the updated list, visit: https://tea.texas.gov/cte/ • Additionally, the list of CTE courses aligned with an industry-based certification will include 19 additional courses by which a CTE coherent sequence graduate may earn 0.5 credit toward CCMR. • To view the updated list of aligned CTE courses, visit: https://tea.texas.gov/2019AccountabilityDevelopment/

9. CTE and Industry-Based Certifications The career and technical education (CTE) transition timeline will be updated to reflect the 2019–20 school year implementation of an updated list of industry-based certifications for future use in accountability. This updated industry-based certifications list will be used to evaluate CCMR for 2020 graduates in August 2021. Additionally, the list of CTE courses aligned with an industry-based certification will include 19 additional courses by which a CTE coherent sequence graduate may earn 0.5 credit toward CCMR.

10. Domain II: School Progress Updates Domain III: Closing The Gaps Domain I:Student Achievement Domain II: School Progress

11. Domain II: School Progress Updates Part A-Student Growth Part B-Relative Performance The Domain II score is the best of Part A ORPart B There are no indicator or methodology adjustments specific to Part A: Academic Growth or Part B: Relative Performance for 2019

12. Domain III:Closing the Gaps Updates Domain I: Student Achievement Domain II: School Progress • Domain III: Closing The Gaps

13. Closing the Gaps Domain • The English Language Proficiency (ELP) component will evaluate two years of TELPAS data. • For 2019 accountability, current year TELPAS composite scores will be compared to 2018 TELPAS composite scores to determine if ELs made progress. • TELPAS Alternate will not be used in 2019. It will be used in 2020 for the first time.

14. Domain III - Closing the Gaps: Ensuring Educational Equity Targets in the Closing the Gaps domain are unchanged.

15. Identification of Schools for Improvement There are three categories identified: • Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) • Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) • Additional Targeted Support (ATS) RED: Proposed Changes from the Commissioner

16. Closing the Gaps Score All Texas Schools RANK ES TITLE SCHOOLS ATS RANK MS TITLE SCHOOLS RANK HS TITLE SCHOOLS TSI Grad < 67% CSI TITLE SCHOOLS ONLY STARTING IN 2021: Any title campus identified for TSI for three consecutive years for the SAME three indicators will be moved to Comprehensive Support and Improvement the following school year • STARTING IN 2019: Any campus with a student group: • with at least 25 math and 25 reading assessments in the academic achievement component • and whose performance does not meet the target for the SAME three indicators criteria/component for three consecutive years in the will be identified for Targeted Support and Improvement. (2017, 2018, & 2019) • Any other campus with a student group: • with at least 25 math and 25 reading assessments in the academic achievement component NEW critiera for 2019 • and whose overall performance is less than the 5% cutoff will be identified for Additional Target Support. LOWEST 5% LOWEST 5% LOWEST 5%

17. Qualifying Criteria Exit Criteria • Lowest 5%, • Graduation <67% • Starting in 2021: Consistently • Underperforming (3-yrs at • TSI Level for the SAME 3 • indicators) • Do not rank at the bottom 5% and/or >67% graduation for two years • Increase one letter grade in the Closing the Gaps Domain CSI Extensive Monitoring & Documentation Consistently Underperforming Student Group (3 consecutive years in the SAME 3 indicators) TEA has not shared the exit criteria TSI TEA has not shared the expectations • Meet the targets for Academic Achievement component in both reading and math in the triggering student group. • Meet at least 50% of the indicators for that student group. Student Group Falling below the 5% cutoff ATS Must address in CIIP NO GAPS! STUDENT & SCHOOL SUCCESS Closing the Gaps

20. OVERVIEW OF THE 2019 STATE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM • All Students • PartA:STAAR • Combinedoverallsubject areas evaluated (reading,mathematics,writing,science,andsocial studies) • CreditawardedforApproachesGradeLevelorAbove, MeetsGradeLevelorAbove,andMastersGradeLevelon: • STAAR*(withandwithoutaccommodations)ingrades3–8(including Spanish versionswhereapplicable); • EOC assessments (withandwithoutaccommodations);and • STAARAlternate2atLevelIISatisfactoryandLevelIII Accomplishedstandards. • PartB:College, Career, and MilitaryReadinessPercentageofannualgraduatesthataccomplishanyoneofthe following: • MeetTSIcriteriainELA/readingandmathematicson assessments orcollegeprepcourses • MeetAP/IBcriteria • Earndual-coursecredits • Enlist intheU.S.ArmedForces • Earn an approvedindustry-basedcertification • Earn an associate’sdegreewhileinhighschool • GraduatewithcompletedIEPandworkforcereadiness • CompleteCTEcoherentsequencecourseworkandearncreditalignedwithapprovedindustry-basedcertifications (one-half pointcredit) • On Ramps (NEW) • Credit for SPED graduates graduating under RHSP, DAP, FHSP-E, or FHSP-DLA plans (NEW) • Credit for graduates earning Level I or Level II certificates (NEW) • PartC:GraduationRate • Four-year,five-year,or six-year graduationrate(orannualdropout rateifnograduation rate) • DomainScore • For elementaryandmiddleschools,theStudentAchievement • domainscore is basedsolelyontheSTAARcomponent. Fordistrictsandhighschools,thethreecomponentsareweighted 40%-40%-20%,respectively. All Students Part A: Academic Growth Credit awarded for students who improve performance year over year as measured by STAAR progress measures and performance levels on STAAR* reading and mathematics. Part B: Relative Performance Credit awarded based on performance relative to similar districts or campuses. Domain Score The School Progress domain score is the betterof Part A: Academic Growth or Part B: Relative Performance. There are no indicator or methodology adjustments specific to Part A: Academic Growth or Part B: Relative Performance for 2019. • All Students & Disaggregated Student Groups • Studentperformancedisaggregatedbythe • following: • Allstudents • Race/ethnicity • Economicallydisadvantagedstatus • Currentspecialeducation • Formerspecialeducation • Currentandmonitored English learners • Continuouslyenrolled • Non-continuouslyenrolled • Components • PartA:Academic Achievement • Meets Grade Level or Above in reading & mathematics • PartB:Growth/Graduation • School Progress Domain: Part A (ES and MS) • Four Year Federal Graduation Rate (HS) • PartC:EnglishLanguage Proficiency • Will evaluate two years of TELPAS data. Composite scores will be compared. (NEW) • PartD:School Quality or Student Success • STAAR component of Student Achievement Domain (ES and MS) • College, Career, and Military Readiness (HS) • DomainScore • Creditawardedbasedonweightedperformanceof • studentgroupsagainstannualtargetssetbysubject • area.The ClosingtheGapsdomainscore is basedon • the fourcomponentsweightedbydistrictor campustype. RelativePerformance Academic Growth Better of either Student Achievement or School Progress = 70% of overall rating 30% of overall rating Better of either Student Achievement or School Progress = 70% of overall rating 30% of overall rating *STAAR results from EL students in their first year in U.S. schools are excluded from accountability calculations. STAAR Alternate 2 results are included without regard to number of years in U.S. schools. English Learners (ELs) in their second year in U.S. schools will be included in the STAAR performance components of the 2019 accountability system using the EL performance measure (NEW). Those in their second year in U.S. schools who have a parental denial for EL services will not receive an EL performance measure (NEW). ELs will continue to be evaluated for growth using the STAAR progress measure. Accountability Rating Labels: Districts and Campuses will receive A-F ratings for overall performance, as well as a rating for performance in each domain (NEW). The cut points for letter grades are unchanged. Dept. of Performance and Planning April 2019