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Accountability Updates
Accountability Updates
• What we know– State and Federal Accountability
• What we are watching– Legislative updates
• News and implications
• 2013 Timeline
Overview
Federal Accountability• Student achievement standards increase to 93% for Reading/ELA & 92%
for Math
• TEA plans to submit a waiver request to the USDE that requests the use of the new state accountability system to evaluate campuses and districts in place of federal Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) evaluations
• If denied, augment the proposed state accountability system to meet federal requirements
• If denied, use components (Reading and Mathematics) of the proposed performance index developed for state accountability to meet federal requirements
What we know
State Accountability
• New! State Accountability ratings will be assigned August 8th, 2013 for districts and campuses
• Ratings based on a proposed index framework
What we know
Accountability System
Student Achievement
Index I
Student ProgressIndex 2
Closing Performance
GapsIndex 3
Postsecondary Readiness
Index 4
What we knowWho:
The “All Student” group only
What: Satisfactory
performance on Level II
Who: All 10 Student
Groups
What: Progress to Satisfactory
or Advanced Level in Reading and Math and
Writing for EOC only
Who: Eco Dis and lowest two performing
groups from previous year
What: Credit for each percentage at
Satisfactory or Advanced (double)
Who: Eight student
groups
What: Combination of:
1) Advanced performance level and 2) Graduation
rates with Diploma Plans
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Overview of Proposed Performance Index FrameworkWhat we know
Legislative Updates• Testing, finance, and accountability are
legislative priorities– High-stakes standardized testing and pressure on
students
– Complex of academic performance
– Skepticism over the new accountability system
What we are watching
Bills to watch• HB 44 (Flynn) – Plan to suspend testing• HB 65 (Guillen) – Reduced testing in 3-8, no
grade 7 reading screenings, and no grade 8 SSI requirements
• HB 85 (Callegari) – Switch to norm-referenced testing, no Advanced level, fewer EOCs but all tests required to graduate, district policy to dictate use of scores in grading
What we are watching
Bills to watch• HB 94 (White) – Reliability and validity
standards• HB224 (Huberty) – Elimination of 15%
requirement
What we are watching
News & Implications• TEA testimony this past month
– CCR at Satisfactory– Commissioner has standards (approved) though
not released• Commissioner proposed rules for substitute assessments
• Public Comments:http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2013/comments.html
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January
3-8 results w/standards
released
Late March
Final decisions on the state
rating system released
Feb – March
APAC and ATAC finalize
recommendations on 2013 system
features
2013 Timeline
April - May
Key chapters of 2013
Accountability Manual released
May 27
Last day of the 83rd Regular
Session
June 15
Notifications for districts and campuses anticipated to be rated
AU in 2013
August 8
New state ratings
assigned
Jonathan Delgado Educational Specialist
System SupportRegion XIII
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System SupportRegion XIII
