Texas Education Commission
2010 Accountability Rating Guidelines

Each public school and school district in Texas is rated annually by the TEA as exemplary, recognized, academically acceptable or academically unacceptable. Campus and district accountability ratings are based in part on results of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS). Additionally, districts as a whole and campuses serving grades 9 through 12 are evaluated on the completion rate of their previous year senior class and campuses serving grades 7 and 8 are evaluated on their previous year dropout rate.

As shown below, multiple performance indicators for each TAKS subject area tested are derived for all students and, as applicable, for four student groups: African American, Hispanic, white and economically disadvantaged. Multiple completion and dropout performance indicators are similarly produced for all students, as well as for the four student groups. In awarding the 2010 accountability ratings, the TEA additionally used Texas Projection Measure, Required Improvement and/or Exceptions Provision rating adjustment factors, where applicable, to increase both district and campus ratings to the next higher rating than school or district would have been awarded if the adjustment factor(s) had not been applied.

The accountability ratings awarded each campus and the district overall are based on their lowest assessment and completion and dropout indicator. For example, a high school where 90 percent of all students and students in each student group are deemed to have passed the TAKS in all subject areas tested (indicating exemplary performance), but within its senior class one of the student groups had an 84 percent completion rate(indicating recognized performance), but did not meet the <em>Required Improvement</em> standard (indicating academically acceptable performance) would receive an academically acceptable campus accountability rating.



 
exemplary
recognized
academically
acceptable
           
Assessment Indicators
           
Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS)
           
All students and each
student group that meets minimum size criteria:
meets 90% passing
standard for each
subject
meets 80% passing standard for each subject
meets passing
standard for
each subject:
• African American  
- or -
• Reading/ELA 70%
• Hispanic  
meets 75% floor and Required
Improvement
standard
 • Writing 70%
• White   • Social studies 70%
• Economically   •
 Mathematics 60%
  disadvantaged   • Science 55%
     
- or -
     
meets Required
Improvement standard
       
       
Completion and Dropout Indicators
       
Completion rate
       
All students and each
student group that meets minimum size criteria:
meets 95%
completion
standard
meets 85%
completion
standard
meets 75%
completion
standard
• African American  
- or -
- or -
• Hispanic  
meets floor of 75%
and Required
Improvement
standard
meets Required Improvement
standard
• White  
• Economically  
  disadvantaged  
     
         
Annual Dropout Rate
       
All students and each
student group that meets minimum size criteria:
meets 1.8%
standard
meets 1.8%
standard
meets 1.8%
standard
• African American      
• Hispanic      
• White  
• Economically  
  disadvantaged  
     
 
Required Improvement
 
Campuses may achieve a higher annual accountability rating by meeting the various Required Improvement standards specified in the Texas Education Agency 2010 Accountability Manual. Meeting the applicable Required Improvement standards on the TAKS and Completion Rate indicators can result in the campus or district rating being raised to the next highest level for which it would otherwise qualify, except it cannot cause a campus rating to be raised from recognized to exemplary. Meeting the applicable Required Improvement standards on the Annual Dropout Rate indicator can result in the campus or district rating being raised to next highest rating for which it would otherwise qualify, including from recognized to exemplary.
Texas Projection Measure
 
The Texas Projection Measure is an estimate of whether a student is likely to pass a TAKS test in a future grade. This measure, which has proven to be more than a little controversial, allows some students who fail the TAKS to be counted as having passed, provided the TEA developed formula predicts they will pass a future test. The Texas Projection Measure is applicable to all TAKS subjects tested. After Required Improvement standard has been applied, the Texas Projection Measure improvement standard is applied to determine if a district or campus will be awarded a higher rating, including a rating being increased from recognized to exemplary.
Exceptions Provision
 
The Exceptions Provision provides yet another way that larger campuses and districts with more diverse students populations can increase the accountability rating they otherwise would be awarded by one level. The Exceptions Provision can only be applied to TAKS indicator. The number of exemptions that will be granted are dependent on the number of student groups in the student population and the campus or district must meet the appropriate performance floors in order for an exception to be applicable. After Texas Projection Measure rating improvement standard has been applied, Exception Provision improvement standard is applied to determine if a district or campus will be awarded a higher rating, including a rating being raised from recognized to exemplary.


Source: Texas Education Agency
Dallas DFW Luxury Real Estate | Homes For Sale ________________________

8/26/2010 - Same month, year-to-year sales of DFW luxury homes selling for $1 million and up were up 82.8 percent in July, with 53 previously occupied homes sold this year versus 29 such homes sold last year. However, it should be noted sales during July a year ago were down ...



Dave Downs
RE/MAX DFW Associates
972 355-3511

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Each office independently owned and operated
© 2010 Dave Downs. All rights reserved.