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Texas Education Commission 2008 Accountability Rating Guidelines

Each public school in Texas is rated annually by the TEA as exemplary, recognized, academically acceptable or academically unacceptable. Campus accountability ratings are based on results of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS). Additionally, 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.

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 pass the TAKS in all subject areas tested (indicating exemplary performance), but within its senior class one of the student groups had an 80 percent completion rate and did meets the Required Improvement criteria (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% standard
for each subject 		meets 75% standard
for each subject 		meets standard for each subject:
• African American  
- or -
• Reading/ELA 70%
• Hispanic   meets 70% floor and
Required Improvement
standard		 • Writing 65%
• White   • Social studies 65%
• Economically disadvantaged   • Mathematics 50%
      • Science 45%
       
- or -
 
        meets Required Improvement standard
 
Completion and Dropout Indicators
 
 
Completion Rate
All students and each student group
that meets minimum size criteria: 		meets 95% standard meets 85% standard meets 75% standard
• African American  
- or -
- or -
• Hispanic   meets 75% floor 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 2.0% standard meets 2.0% standard meets 2.0% 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 2007 Accountability Manual. Meeting the applicable Required Improvement standards on the TAKS and Completion Rate indicators can result in the campus 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 rating being raised to next highest rating for which it would otherwise qualify, including from Recognized to Exemplary.

Source: Texas Education Agency.


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