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Commissioner’s Final Decisions

Commissioner’s Final Decisions. 2014. Pop Quiz. Who is the current Commissioner of Texas Education?. Michael L. Williams, former chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas, was named commissioner of education by Texas Governor Rick Perry effective Sept. 1, 2012. . 2014 Ratings Criteria

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Commissioner’s Final Decisions

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  1. Commissioner’s Final Decisions 2014

  2. Pop Quiz Who is the current Commissioner of Texas Education?

  3. Michael L. Williams, former chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas, was named commissioner of education by Texas Governor Rick Perry effective Sept. 1, 2012.

  4. 2014 Ratings Criteria To receive a Met Standard or Met Alternative Standard rating, all campuses and districts must meet all four performance index targets.

  5. Index 1: Student Achievement Index 1: Set an absolute target at a higher performance level than the prior year. Index 1 Target for districts and campuses is • an increase of 5 points. ****Student performance remains the same at Phase in I Level 2.

  6. Index 1 • 5 EOC’s English 1 (reading and writing combined) English 2 (reading and writing combined) Algebra 1 Biology U.S. History • Exclude Year 1 ELL students only. All other ELL student scores count for accountability measures.

  7. Index 2: Student Progress Index 2: Set target at or about the fifth percentile based on actual 2014 performance in June 2014. • Reading and math (no writing) • Progress measures used to include STAAR, STAAR M, STAAR Alt, ELL Progress (expanded) • No secondary campuses rated (high schools, AEA or charter districts) 2014 only • ELL: Year 1 Exclusion only- all other years included.

  8. Index 3: Closing Performance Gaps • Target score changing from a set target (55 last year) to 5th percentile based on 2014 performance results by campus types: elementary, middle, high school. Targets for districts based on 5th percentile of campus performance across all campus types. • Each campus level will have a different target. • Minimum size for student groups: Identify race/ethnicity groups that have 25 or more tests in both reading/ELA and math in prior year. • ELL: Year 1 excluded only. All other years included.

  9. Index 4: Postsecondary Readiness • Includes all campus types this year. • Evaluates students scoring at Final Level 2 on 2 or more tests. (This is a change.) • Target is at the 5th percentile. • Elementary 12 • Middle 13 • High Schools/K-12 56 (based on all 4 components) • Districts 56 (based on all 4 components)

  10. Resources Accountability Manual due out mid-May For further information on Commissioner’s final decisions, go to TEA, Accountability, Accountability Development Materials, Accountability Decisions for 2014. http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2014/20130404coe/final_decisions.pdf

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