Texas Education Agency 2010 Accountability Ratings

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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 Required Improvement 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% standard for each subject	meets 80% standard for each subject	meets 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 disadvantaged			•	Mathematics	60%
				•	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% 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 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.

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