State and Federal Accountability System

Update

2008 TASA Midwinter ConferenceJanuary 29, 2008

Shannon Housson, Cathy Long, and Ester RegaladoTEA, Performance Reporting Division

State Accountability System

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2008 Accountability Calendar

January - Accountability System Development – February Review 2008, Develop 2009 and beyond

March 3 - 4 Educator Focus Group Meeting

March 26 Commissioner’s Accountability Advisory Committee Meeting

Early April Final Decisions for 2008 and beyond announced by Commissioner

Late May 2008 Accountability Manual posted online

August 1 Release of 2008 Accountability Ratings

September 2009 Alternative Education Accountability (AEA) Campus Registration

Preview of 2008 Standard Accountability Procedures

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Standard Accountability Decisions for 2008 and Beyond

Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) Indicator

Beginning in 2008:

includes Grade 8 science

includes TAKS (Accommodated)

o combined with TAKSo limited subjects/grades in 2008 and 2009o all subjects/grades in 2010

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Standard Accountability Decisions for 2008 and Beyond (continued)

2008

(Final Decision)

Recommended

Recommended 2009*

Recommended 2010*

Exemplary ≥ 90% ≥ 90% ≥ 90%

Recognized ≥ 75% ≥ 80% ≥ 80%**

Academically Acceptable

Reading/English Language Arts (ELA) ≥ 70% ≥ 70% ≥ 70%**

Writing, Social Studies ≥ 65% ≥ 70% ≥ 70%

Mathematics ≥ 50% ≥ 55% ≥ 60%

Science ≥ 45% ≥ 50% ≥ 55%

* Standards for 2009 and beyond will be reviewed annually and are subject to change.

** A Reading/ELA Academically Acceptable standard of 75% will be considered for 2010. If altered, the Recognized standard will also be reconsidered.

TAKS Indicator (continued)

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Standard Accountability Decisions for 2008 and Beyond (continued)

TAKS (Accommodated)

2008 2009 2010

Science (grades 5, 8, 10, & 11)

Science (grade 5 Spanish)

Social Studies (grades 8, 10, & 11)

English Language Arts (grade 11)

Mathematics (grade 11)

Use Use Use

Reading/ELA (grades 3 – 10)

Reading (grades 3 – 6 Spanish)

Mathematics (grades 3 – 10)

Mathematics (grades 3 – 6 Spanish)

Writing (grades 4 & 7)

Writing (grade 4 Spanish)

Report in Academic Excellence Indicator System

(AEIS) Only

Report in AEIS Only

Use

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Standard Accountability Decisions for 2008 and Beyond (continued)

TAKS-Modified

Designed to meet the federal requirements mandated under No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

Will be administered for the first time in spring 2008.

First possible use in the state accountability system in 2010. Options to be discussed with advisory groups in 2008.

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Standard Accountability Decisions for 2008 and Beyond (continued)

TAKS-Alternate (TAKS-Alt)

Designed for students with significant cognitive disabilities

Results will be reported for two years beginning with 2008, with the first possible use in the state accountability system in 2010

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Standard Accountability Decisions for 2008 and Beyond (continued)

School Leaver provision does not apply in 2008 under standard procedures

Required Improvement – Available beginning in 2008

2008 (Final Decision)

2009 2010

Academically Acceptable ≤ 1.0% TBD TBD

Recognized ≤ 0.7% TBD TBD

Exemplary ≤ 0.2% TBD TBD

Annual Dropout Rate (Grades 7-8)

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Standard Accountability Decisions for 2008 and Beyond (continued)

2008 (Final Decision)

2009*(Recommended)

2010*(Recommended)

Academically Acceptable ≥ 75.0% ≥ 75.0% ≥ 75.0%

Recognized ≥ 85.0% ≥ 85.0% ≥ 85.0%

Exemplary ≥ 95.0% ≥ 95.0% ≥ 95.0%

Completion Rate I Definition of a ‘Completer’

Graduates + Continued HS

Dropout Definition (used in denominator)

Phase-in NCES DefinitionNCES

Definition

* Standards for 2009 and beyond will be reviewed annually and are subject to change.

Completion Rate I (Grade 9-12) Indicator

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Standard Accountability Decisions for 2008 and Beyond (continued)

School Leaver Provision does not apply. Specific appeals policy for hurricane-displaced students who are non-completers will be considered.

Required Improvement - Continues to be used

Completion Rate I (Grade 9-12) Indicator (continued)

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Standard Accountability Decisions for 2008 and Beyond (continued)

Underreported Students

The School Leaver Provision will no longer apply for underreported students.

The number and percent of underreported students that can prevent a district from being rated Exemplary or Recognized will remain at greater than 5.0%, or greater than 200 students.

Districts with fewer than 5 underreported students will not be evaluated on this indicator.

Preview of 2008 AEA Procedures

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2008 Registered Alternative Education Campuses (AEC)

The list of 2008 Registered AECs was posted on the AEA website at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/aea/ in December.

Each registered AEC must meet the 75% at-risk registration criterion in order to receive an AEA rating on August 1, 2008.

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At-Risk Registration Criterion

In April 2008, letters will be mailed to the AECs that do not meet the 2008 at-risk registration criterion informing them that the AEC will shift from AEA to standard accountability and that the AEC will be evaluated under 2008 standard accountability procedures.

The Final 2008 Registered AEC list will be posted on the AEA website in May 2008. This list will contain the AECs that will receive an AEA rating on August 1, 2008.

A list of the charter operators that will be rated under 2008 AEA procedures will also be posted on the AEA website in May 2008.

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2008 AEA Standards

TAKS Progress indicator remains 45%.

Completion Rate II (includes GED recipients) indicator remains 75.0%.

Annual Dropout Rate (Grades 7-12) indicator remains 10.0%.

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Completion Rate II Indicator

Completion Rate II counts graduates, continuing students (students who return to school for a fifth year), and GED recipients in the definition of Completion Rate II for AECs of Choice and charters evaluated under AEA procedures.

Residential Facilities are not evaluated on the Completion Rate II indicator.

Charters that operate only Residential Facilities are not evaluated on the Completion Rate II indicator.

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Annual Dropout Rate Indicator

The Annual Dropout Rate indicator is grade 7-12 dropouts as a percent of total students enrolled at the registered AEC or charter in grades 7-12 in a single school year.

The dropout definition transitioned from the state definition to the NCES definition in 2007. Students dropping out of school in 2005-06 and beyond are reported in accordance with the NCES dropout definition.

The School Leaver Provision (SLP) will be utilized in 2008 and will apply only to the Annual Dropout Rate indicator under AEA procedures.

2008 Accountability Development Topics

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2008 Accountability Development Topics

Standard Procedures:

Set 2009 Accountability Standards for TAKS and Annual Dropout Rate (Grade 7-8)

Review Implementation of Commended Labels Review Completion/Dropout Issues for 2009 and 2010 Discuss issues related to large/diverse districts Discuss plans for inclusion of TAKS-Accommodated (all

grades/subjects) in 2010. Review Gold Performance Acknowledgment (GPA)

standards for 2009 and 2010

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2008 Accountability Development Topics (continued)

English Language Learner (ELL) Indicator

Reported for 2nd year on 2006-07 AEIS reports

First possible use in state accountability ratings in 2009. Options to be discussed with advisory groups in 2008.

Current plans call for the ELL measure to be a separate indicator evaluated at the ‘All Students’ level only.

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2008 Accountability Development Topics (continued)

Commended Label for Ratings

2007 accountability advisory groups endorsed plan to append a label of “Commended” to state accountability ratings of Academically Acceptable or higher.

2008 advisory groups will review options on criteria for the Commended label.

First possible use in state accountability ratings in 2008.

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2008 Accountability Development Topics (continued)

AEA Procedures

2009 Accountability Standards for Annual Dropout Rate (Grade 7-12) will be set.

The 2008 accountability development process will review options for acknowledgments of AEA campuses and charters.

A GPA-type commendation that would recognize the efforts taken to recover dropouts including the identification and accountability for recovered dropouts will be examined.

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Select Committee on Accountability

Senate Bill 1031 established a 15-member committee to review the accountability system and make recommendations regarding how the system should be structured.

Statute requires that committee shall provide a report not later than December 1, 2008. The Legislature will be required to adopt a new public accountability system by September 1, 2011. (Section 39.001-Section 39.007, Education Code).

Selection of committee members is complete.

Initial meeting date to be determined.

State and Federal Accountability 2007-08 School Year

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TAKS (Accommodated)

State Federal

Reading/ELA (grades 3 – 8 and 10)Reading (grades 3 – 6 Spanish)Mathematics (grades 3 – 8 and 10)Mathematics (grades 3 – 6 Spanish)

Report only Indicator in AEIS/ Not used in State Ratings

Use in Adequate

Yearly Progress

(AYP)

Reading (grade 9)Mathematics (grade 9)Writing (grades 4 and 7)Writing (grade 4 Spanish)

Report only Indicator in AEIS/ Not used in State Ratings

Not used in AYP

ELA (grade 11)Mathematics (grade 11)Science (grades 5, 8, 10, and 11)Social Studies (grades 8, 10, and 11)

Use in State RatingsNot used in

AYP

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TAKS-Modified (TAKS-M)

State Federal

Reading/ELA (grades 3 – 8 and 10)Mathematics (grades 3 – 8 and 10)

Report only Indicator in AEIS (TBD)/ Not used in State

Ratings Use in AYP

Science (grades 5, 8, and 10)Report only Indicator in

AEIS(TBD)/ Not used in State Ratings

Not used in AYP

Field Tests:Reading (grade 9)ELA (grade 11)Mathematics (grades 9 and 11)Science (grade 11)Social Studies (grades 8, 10, and 11)

Not Reported in AEIS/ Not Used in State Ratings

Not used in AYP

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TAKS-Alternate (TAKS-Alt)

State Federal

Reading/ELA (grades 3 – 8 and 10)Mathematics (grades 3 – 8 and 10)

Report only Indicator in AEIS / Not used in State Ratings

Use in AYP

Reading (grade 9)ELA (grade 11)Mathematics (grades 9 and 11)Writing (grades 4 and 7)Science (grades 5, 8, 10 and 11)Social Studies (grades 8, 10, and 11)

Not Reported in AEIS/ Not Used in State Ratings

Not used in AYP

Federal Accountability System

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2008 AYP Preview

Performance standards for 2007-08 will remain the same as for 2006-07.

Under the NCLB Act, all states are required to assess students in science during the 2007-08 school year. However, the statute does not require that the science assessment results be used for calculating AYP. Any such changes would require an amendment to the statute which could possibly occur after final reauthorization of NCLB.

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2008 AYP Preview: Timeline

Timeline for 2008 AYP Release

Standard setting for the TAKS-M assessment will not be completed until August 2008.

Discussions underway with the USDE to modify the 2008 AYP timeline.

Texas has requested that the preliminary 2007–2008 AYP status and the corresponding 2008–2009 School Improvement Program (SIP) status be released after the beginning of the 2008–2009 school year. 

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2008 AYP Preview: Timeline (continued)

Proposed 2008 AYP Timeline

Spring TAKS-M test administrations

Summer TAKS-M Standard Setting Process

August Texas school districts retain all SIP evaluations from the prior year (based on 2007 AYP results) and continue implementation of SIP requirements

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2008 AYP Preview: Timeline (continued)

Proposed 2008 AYP Timeline (continued)

October 8th Public release of Preliminary 2008 AYP/SIP

October 17th AYP Appeal Deadline

November – December

Process AYP Appeals

Mid-December Issue Final AYP and SIP Results

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2008 AYP Preview: Timeline (continued)

Timeline for 2008 AYP Release (continued)

The USDE has given tentative approval to a delayed release contingent on the following four actions:

a) The prior year AYP status and school and district designations would remain in effect for each school and district until October 2008.

b) A district or campus with no SIP improvement status as of the beginning of the school year that enters SIP status in October 2008 would be subject to applicable consequences from that point through the end of the school year.

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2008 AYP Preview: Timeline (continued)

Timeline for 2008 AYP Release (continued)

c) Schools that missed AYP for the first time in the previous year and will potentially be identified as in need of improvement will be required to begin offering public school choice immediately upon receiving preliminary results in October 2008.

d) In the event that a school in improvement status at the beginning of the school year is removed from that status in October 2008, the school would continue to receive school improvement fund and would be required to continue to provide for the transportation costs of public school choice through the end of the 2008-09 school year.

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2008 AYP Preview: Timeline (continued)

Timeline for 2008 AYP Release (continued)

Due to the compressed timeline, there will be limited opportunity for appeals to the 2008 AYP status.

As with state accountability, appeals that require extensive student-level research will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, but in general, are not favorable for appeal.

The AYP Guide will be available on the Texas Education Agency website in late spring 2008 and will include timeline and the details of the federal cap process.

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2008 Assessments and AYP

TAKS Same as 2007

LAT TAKS Same as 2007

TAKS-Accommodated

Included in AYP for Reading and Math

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2008 Assessments and AYP (continued)

TAKS-ModifiedIncluded in AYP for Reading and MathStudents taking TAKS-M are

included in Participation, included in Performance

subject to a 2% cap on proficient results

TAKS-AlternateIncluded in AYP for Reading and MathStudents taking TAKS-Alt are

included in Participation, included in Performance

subject to a 1% cap on proficient results

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2008 Assessments and AYP (continued)

Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) Reading

Same as 2007Students in their First Year in US Schools are

Included in Participation Excluded from Performance

Students in their Second or Third year (or more) of enrollment in U.S. schools are

Not counted as participants (Non-Participants) Excluded from Performance

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2008 AYP Preview: Federal Cap

In general, the federal cap process has been applied to Texas schools in the following steps:

Determine the district’s total participation count, based on the school district’s total participation denominator for the Reading/English Language Arts and Mathematics. This count is based on students identified as enrolled on the day of testing in grades 3 – 8 and 10 only.

Apply the percentage to the total participation count for the cap limit on 1% or 2% proficient results.

District Participation Denominator x .01 = TAKS-Alt Limit

District Participation Denominator x .02 = TAKS-M Limit

2008 AYP Preview: Federal Cap (continued)

An Important Note about Alternate Test Administration

It should be emphasized that the federal cap relates to counting students as proficient for AYP purposes only and does not provide direction to ARD committees regarding how students with disabilities should be assessed. For guidance, please see the TEA publication titled Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) Committee Decision-Making Process for the Texas Assessment Program.

It is important that local school districts ensure that appropriate assessments are selected and administered to students with disabilities.

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2008 AYP Preview: Federal Cap (continued)

Reclassified Exceeders are for AYP Purposes Only

Students that exceed the federal cap limit are reclassified from proficient to non-proficient for AYP purposes only.

The reclassified non-proficient status is only used for AYP performance results and does not apply to the AYP participation calculations.

State accountability results and ratings are not affected by the federal cap, and there are no student level consequences (for graduation or other assessment requirements) for exceeding the cap limit.

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2008 AYP Preview: Federal Cap (continued)

The USDE federal regulation released in April 2007 provides specific guidelines on the implementation of the federal cap:

Districts cannot exceed the 1% cap for TAKS-Alt.  However, if they do not fully use the 1% cap, then they can exceed the 2% cap (up to 3%). 

In other words, TAKS-M proficient scores may “spill over” beyond the cap, but the TAKS-Alt may not.

2008 AYP Preview: Federal Cap (continued)

A summary of options presented in mid-January to the Title I Committee of Practitioners, along with additional detail including advantages and disadvantages, will be available in early February for educator review and input on the AYP website at www.tea.state.tx.us/ayp.

School districts may provide comments on the options presented by emailing the Division of Performance Reporting at performance.reporting@tea.state.tx.us.

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2008 AYP Preview: Amendments

Amendments to the 2008 Texas AYP Workbook

Final amendments are due to the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) no later than February 15, 2008.

On November 19, 2007, the USDE issued guidance to all states to limit the submission of amendment requests to those (1) necessary to comply with current law, or (2) address changes to accurately reflect current practice.

No major amendments to the 2008 accountability workbook and 2008 AYP process will be submitted.

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2008 AYP Preview: Amendments (continued)

Amendments to the 2008 Texas AYP Workbook (continued)

Discussions are continuing with the USDE concerning the current AYP process meeting the final federal regulations issued April 9, 2007, regarding modified academic achievement standards and consistent student group sizes.

The agency is in discussions with USDE to determine if the approval of its alternate assessment based on modified academic achievement standards (TAKS-M) will be required prior to its use in 2008 AYP.

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Accountability Resources

Education Service Center (ESC) Accountability Contacts

TEA Division of Performance Reporting

– Phone: (512) 463-9704

– Email: performance.reporting@tea.state.tx.us

Online:– Accountability: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/

– AEA: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/aea/

– AYP: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/ayp/