Texas Education Agency Accountability Ratings

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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), taken by most students, and the State-Developed Alternative Assessment (SDAA), taken by selected special education students. 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. SDAA tests results for all students tested are used to determine a single campus SDAA performance indicator.

The accountability ratings awarded each campus and the district overall are based on their lowest assessment and completion and dropout indicator. For example, an elementary school where 90 percent of all students and students in each student group pass the TAKS in all subject areas tested (indicating exemplary performance) and students taking the SDAA pass 69 percent of the tests administered (indicating academically acceptable performance) would receive an academically acceptable campus accountability rating.

Assessment Indicators

		Exemplary	Recognized	Academically Acceptable

Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS)
All students and each student group that meets minimum size criteria:		meet 90% passing standard for each subject	meet 75% passing standard for each subject	meet passing standard for each subject:
•	African American		- or -	•	Reading/ELA	65%
•	Hispanic		meet 70% passing standard and meet Required Improvement standard	•	Writing	65%
•	White			•	Social studies	65%
•	Economically disadvantaged			•	Mathematics	45%
				•	Science	40%
					- or -
				meet Required Improvement standard


State Developed Alternative Assessment (SDAA)
All students if meet minimum size criteria	meet 90% passing standard	meet 70% passing standard	meet 50% passing standard
		- or	- or
		meet 70% passing standard and meet Required Improvement standard	meet Required Improvement standard


Completion and Dropout Indicators

		Exemplary	Recognized	Academically Acceptable

Completion Rate
All students and each student group that meets minimum size criteria:		meet 95% completion rate standard	meet 85% completion rate standard	meet 75% completion rate standard
•	African American		- or -	- or -
•	Hispanic		meet 80% completion rate standard and Required Improvement standard	meet Required Improvement standard
•	White
•	Economically disadvantaged


Annual Dropout Rate
All students and each student group that meets minimum size criteria:		meet 0.2% dropout rate standard	meet 0.7% dropout rate standard	meet 1% completion rate 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 any of the TAKS, Completion Rate and Dropout Rate indicators could cause the campus rating to be raised from academically acceptable to recognized or from academically unacceptable to academically acceptable.

Source: Texas Education Agency.

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