Federal Accountability AYP Update

1. Federal Accountability AYP Update Accountability TETN February 18, 2010

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3. 3 2010 AYP Preview

4. 4 2010 AYP Preview

5. 5 * Students in their First Year in U. S. Schools are counted as participants, but excluded from the performance calculation. Twenty superintendents elected by their peers in each of the 20 Education Service Center regions meet monthly in Austin. At the monthly meetings they too serve as a cabinet that discusses educational planning and policy with the Commissioner. An Accountability Update is a standing item on the agendas for the TASA Cabinet of Superintendents monthly meeting. This group of superintendents also serves as an advisory group to the Texas Association of School Administrators.Twenty superintendents elected by their peers in each of the 20 Education Service Center regions meet monthly in Austin. At the monthly meetings they too serve as a cabinet that discusses educational planning and policy with the Commissioner. An Accountability Update is a standing item on the agendas for the TASA Cabinet of Superintendents monthly meeting. This group of superintendents also serves as an advisory group to the Texas Association of School Administrators.

6. 6 2010 Preview: Assessments (cont.) Twenty superintendents elected by their peers in each of the 20 Education Service Center regions meet monthly in Austin. At the monthly meetings they too serve as a cabinet that discusses educational planning and policy with the Commissioner. An Accountability Update is a standing item on the agendas for the TASA Cabinet of Superintendents monthly meeting. This group of superintendents also serves as an advisory group to the Texas Association of School Administrators.Twenty superintendents elected by their peers in each of the 20 Education Service Center regions meet monthly in Austin. At the monthly meetings they too serve as a cabinet that discusses educational planning and policy with the Commissioner. An Accountability Update is a standing item on the agendas for the TASA Cabinet of Superintendents monthly meeting. This group of superintendents also serves as an advisory group to the Texas Association of School Administrators.

8. 2010 Preview: Use of TPM in AYP

9. 2010 Preview: Use of TPM in AYP (cont.)

10. The Federal Cap process will include student results that  meet the standard on TAKS-M or TAKS-Alt, are projected to meet the TAKS-M standard based on TPM, are on track to meet the TAKS-Alt standard based on the TAKS-Alt Growth Measure.

11. 2010 Preview: AYP Federal Caps The 2010 AYP Federal Cap process will not change, and continues to be effective for districts and campuses. Of those missing 2009 AYP solely due to the 1% and/or 2% caps: 52% (113) of districts and 6% (22) of campuses,  compared to 18% (71) of districts and 1% (12) of campuses in 2008.

12. 12 2010 Preview: AYP Federal Caps (cont.)

13. 13 2010 Preview: AYP Federal Caps (cont.)

14. 2010 Preview: AYP Federal Caps (cont.) Review of the 1% Federal Cap Other Circumstance Exceptions to the 1% Cap were allowable and were submitted as a regular appeal through the online system. The statewide 1% cap limit was sufficient to allow every school districts with an exception to include all TAKS-Alt passing students as proficient for AYP (in effect, remove the 1% cap).

15. 2010 Preview: AYP Federal Caps (cont.) Review of the 2% Federal Cap Step 1) TEA prioritizes campuses by grades served and proportion of students with disabilities enrolled. School districts have the opportunity to review and/or modify the campus rankings.  Step 2) Student results are selected in order to maximize the number of campuses that Meet AYP beginning with the campuses assigned the highest priority.

16. 2010 Preview: AYP Federal Caps (cont.) Review of the 2% Federal Cap TAKS-M results processed for the cap include: Meet Standard on TAKS-M, Projected to meet the TAKS-M standard based on TPM (for school year 2009-2010, TPM on TAKS-M is available for grades 4, 7, and 10 only).

17. 2010 Preview: AYP Federal Caps (cont.)

18. 2010 Preview: AYP Federal Caps (cont.) A review of the federal cap process will be provided through a district accessible Texas Education Telecommunications Network (TETN) session on May 20, 2010 from 1pm-3pm (Event # 7362). Contact your school district or ESC for more information.

19. 19 The 2010 Texas AYP Workbook is required to include specific information outlined in the final Title I regulations issued on October 28, 2008 for the following: 2010 AYP: Peer Review of Texas Graduation Rate information only. 2010 AYP: Graduation Rate Goals and Targets required. 2012 AYP: Disaggregated Cohort Graduation Rate Data to determine AYP. Extended-Year Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate allowed for evaluation of AYP when available.

20. Regulations also require: Disaggregating Graduation Rate Data v Report the four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate or a transitional graduation rate reported for school, district, and state levels by student groups prior to school year 2010–11; v States report the four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate by the 2010–11 school year; and Use the cohort graduation rate by student group in 2012 AYP. 20

21. 21 On November 19, 2009, and on January 13, 2010, the Title I Committee of Practitioners (COP) reviewed the recommended changes to the 2010 AYP Workbook and Federal Cap process for 2010. On January 15, 2010, TEA submitted a Graduation Rate information template for peer review containing proposed changes in the AYP graduation rate calculations, as required under final regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Education on October 28, 2008. A summary of the Graduation Rate peer review template may be viewed at http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/ayp/grad_sum.pdf

22. Graduation Rate Template Submission: Texas sets the overall statewide Graduation Rate goal at 90%. Texas will use both a  annual target for the 4-year rate, or  annual target for the 5-year rate 22

23. Graduation Rate Template Submission: Texas provides three alternatives to meet the Graduation Rate indicator on the 4-year graduate rate: Absolute standard of 75.0%, or Improvement standard, similar to safe harbor calculation (10% decline in the difference between the prior year rate and the goal), or 1.0 percentage point increase in rate. 23

24. Graduation Rate Template Submission: Texas provides one additional alternative to meet the Graduation Rate indicator based on the 5-year graduation rate: Absolute standard of 80.0%. 24

25. Graduation Rate Template Submission: Texas provides an alternative to the LEP student group definition for Graduation Rate in AYP; defined as students served by the LEP program during any of their years in Texas public schools. 25

26. Graduation Rate Template Submission: Standards for 2011 and beyond are not included in the amendments requests, although the improvement standard would apply to 2011 and beyond. Proposed amendments to the 2011 Texas AYP Workbook will include a transition plan for new End of Course assessments with annual graduation rate targets submitted as part of the transition plan. 26

27. 27 2010 Preview: Texas AYP Workbook (cont.) Following the required Graduation Rate submission, TEA submitted requested amendments to the U.S. Department of Education on February 15, 2010 for the 2009-10 AYP evaluation. Amendments to the 2010 AYP Workbook: Updates to reflect the June 23, 2009 fully approved status of the Texas standards and assessment system; The use of additional growth measures for TAKS-M and TAKS-Alt;

28. 28 2010 Preview: Texas AYP Workbook (cont.) Amendments to the 2010 AYP Workbook (cont.) Changes to the assignment of students to the limited-English proficient student group for the graduation rate calculations;  Removal of hurricane provisions that applied only to 2008-2009 AYP determinations.

29. Texas No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Report Card Section 1111(h)(1) and (2) of the ESEA amended by the NCLB Act requires the annual reporting of student achievement and AYP information. For 2008-09, and beyond, the US Department of Education requires that Texas’ state, district, and campus reports be accessible by stakeholders in one document. On January 29, 2010, the Texas NCLB Report Card (Tx NCLB RC) was released for easy dissemination by school districts. They may be accessed at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index4.aspx?id=4638&menu_id=798. 29

30. Texas NCLB Report Card (cont.) There are five sections that make up the NCLB SRC: Part I – Percent of Students Tested, Student Achievement by Proficiency Level Achievement Trend Data Part II, a. – Comparison Between Student Achievement and the State's Academic Expectations as measured by Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Part II, b. – Number of Recently Arrived LEP Students Who Are Not Assessed on the State's Reading/ELA Test 30

31. Texas NCLB Report Card (cont.) Sections of the Texas NCLB RC, continued: Part III – Information on Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) and School Improvement Program (SIP) for districts and campuses receiving Title I, Part A funds Part IV, a. – Professional Qualifications of All Public Elementary and Secondary Teachers, As Defined by the State (Teacher Degree) Part IV b. – Percentage of Public Elementary and Secondary Teachers With Emergency/Provisional Credentials Part IV c. – Percentage of Classes Not Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers by High Poverty Compared to Low Poverty Campuses 31

32. Texas NCLB Report Card (cont.) Sections of the Texas NCLB RC, continued: Part V – NAEP-2007 (Based on a Statewide Sample)a. State-level percentages at NAEP achievement levelsb. State-level actual participation rates 32

33. Texas NCLB Report Card (cont.) TEA will continue to provide a confidential unmasked NCLB SRC Part I: Student Achievement Preview Report to school districts via TEASE. See the 2010 AYP Guide for a schedule of the Part I NCLB RC TEASE release. Appendix E of the 2009 AYP Guide (page 137) describes the relationship between the Part I of the Texas NCLB RC and AYP performance results. There are other differences in the reports that are not provided in the 2009 AYP Guide Appendix. 33

34. Texas NCLB Report Card (cont.) Difference between AYP and Texas NCLB RC Part I: Student Achievement: Part I Tx NCLB RC does not include students that were projected to meet the standard by TPM. Part I Tx NCLB RC LEP student group does not include Monitored LEP students. 34

35. Texas NCLB Report Card (cont.) Difference between AYP and Texas NCLB RC Part I: Student Achievement: Part I Tx NCLB RC includes all TAKS-M and TAKS-Alt passing results (federal caps are not applied), Part I Tx NCLB RC includes mobile students (students that are not in the accountability subset), Part I Tx NCLB RC includes all students reported for each school district, including data reported on any campuses designated as TYC or Texas Juvenile Probation Commission (TJPC) campuses (see page 52 of the 2009 AYP Guide). 35

36. Texas NCLB Report Card (cont.) For more information on the performance results included in the NCLB School Report Card, please contact the Performance Reporting Division at (512) 463-9704. For more information on the distribution requirements of the NCLB School Report Card, please contact the Division of NCLB Program Coordination at (512) 463-9374. 36

37. 37 Resources: TEA Security Environment (TEASE) Accountability Website Each superintendent and charter school executive director may apply for access. They may also designate others in their district (including ESC Region staff) to acquire access. Multi-District User Access is available for certain charter operators and Education Service Center (ESC) staff that have the unique situation of requiring access to multiple school district or charter operator information. Access for Multi-District Users is obtained through the school district superintendent’s authorization on the required access forms. TEASE access forms are available at: http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/webappaccess/AppRef.htm

38. 38 SIP Resources Currently the School Improvement Program (SIP) status history reports are under construction. See the AYP website for the appropriate year to access the AYP or SIP status labels of prior years. The website will be updated soon. For more information about the School Improvement Program, please contact the School Improvement Unit in the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Program Coordination at (512) 463-9374.

39. 39 AYP Resources For more information on 2009 AYP, see the 2009 AYP Guide, 2009 AYP Appeals Guidelines, and 2009 AYP Highlights accessible at http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/ayp/2009/. Frequently Asked Questions about AYP are available at http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/ayp/faq/faq.html. U.S. Department of Education information is available at www.ed.gov/nclb/.