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Special Issues 6 Articles
- Which assessment is included in accountability if a grade 8 student takes the grade 8 mathematics STAAR and the Algebra I EOC? Which campus is held accountable?
- If a middle school student takes the Algebra I EOC, to which campus are the results attributed for accountability?
- Where can I find an explanation of accountability masking rules?
- If a middle school student does not pass the Algebra I EOC and retests during the summer, which campus is credited for the retest?
- How are students with No Authentic Academic Response (NAAR), medical exception, or medically exempt designation included in accountability?
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TEAL 4 Articles
- What is the difference between the CCMR Verifier and the CCMR Tracker?
- What information can be found in the TEAL Accountability Application?
- How do I gain access to the TEAL Accountability Application?
- When will the College, Career, and Military Readiness (CCMR) Tracker be released?
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2022 General Questions 38 Articles
- Which assessment is included in accountability if a grade 8 student takes the grade 8 mathematics STAAR and the Algebra I EOC? Which campus is held accountable?
- If a middle school student takes the Algebra I EOC, to which campus are the results attributed for accountability?
- How is a campus’ economically disadvantaged rate determined for accountability? Now that all students can eat free, do free and reduced lunch forms still need to be collected? Does economically disadvantaged status need to be reported?
- What is a paired campus?
- Is a district’s financial accountability rating a factor in the A–F ratings system?
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College, Career, and Military Readiness (CCMR) 32 Articles
- Will military enlistment be used for CCMR calculations in the future?
- Why was military enlistment excluded for 2022?
- Will programs of study be included as an indicator for College, Career, and Military Readiness (CCMR) for 2023?
- Will the TEA update the Industry-Based Certification List for Public School Accountability with additional IBCs when certification entities retire examinations?
- May students take an approved IBC examination from a certifying entity not listed on the Industry-Based Certification List for Public School Accountability and still be eligible for IBC reimbursement and CCMR accountability?
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Accountability Subset 7 Articles
- If a middle school student takes the Algebra I EOC, to which campus are the results attributed for accountability?
- If a student transfers to another campus within the district after the October snapshot, will their results be attributed only to the district for accountability purposes?
- If a student is enrolled in a district for the October snapshot, then tests in May in another district, where does that score get reported for accountability?
- Are accountability subset rules applied to the calculation of CCMR?
- Is the accountability subset applied to participation calculations?
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STAAR EOC Retests and Mobility 5 Articles
- How are STAAR EOC retest results included in accountability calculations?
- Are substitute assessments used in accountability?
- Will test results from June be included in 2022 accountability calculations?
- How are students included in the accountability subset who move between the April English I/English II EOC and May EOC administrations?
- Is there a limit to the number of years an EOC retester is included in accountability?
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Student Achievement Domain 22 Articles
- How do we ensure our IEP continuers are not counted in our graduation rate going forward?
- How do I know if a student will receive a reported EL Performance Measure?
- How are graduation plans (diploma plans) included in the accountability system?
- How does the EL Performance Measure work?
- What is the purpose of the EL Performance Measure?
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School Progress, Part A: Academic Growth Domain 10 Articles
- Will STAAR Progress Measures be available for 2023?
- What is the STAAR Alternate 2 Progress Measure?
- Why do some students not receive a STAAR Progress Measure in 2022?
- Why do some students not receive a STAAR progress measure?
- Will Academic Growth be used to determine 2022 accountability ratings?
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- Which grade levels are included in the district and campus economically disadvantaged percentage that’s used in School Progress, Part B: Relative Performance?
- STAAR data files show values of 0, 1, or 2 for progress. Are these point values used to calculate School Progress, Part A: Academic Growth? Where can I find my 0.5 point awarded for students who maintained performance?
- How is the STAAR Alternate 2 progress measure used?
- In which domains are accelerated students included?
- How were students identified as accelerated testers and attributed to my district’s final listing?
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Closing the Gaps Domain 36 Articles
- How do we ensure our IEP continuers are not counted in our graduation rate going forward?
- How do I know if a student will receive a reported EL Performance Measure?
- How do the component weights in the Closing the Gaps domain change if we don’t meet minimum size in one or more components?
- Does the English Language Proficiency component include students who test in nonconsecutive grade levels?
- How are graduation plans (diploma plans) included in the accountability system?
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Participation 7 Articles
- Is the 95% participation rate requirement applicable for 2022?
- Can you provide an example of how accelerated testers are included in participation calculations?
- Do the TELPAS results included in the English Language Proficiency component (ELP) only include students that were present on the TSDS PEIMS Snapshot date? Or does it include all TELPAS scores (snapshot and non-snapshot) results?
- Are accelerated testers required to participate in ACT/SAT assessments and/or are they required to earn an acceptable (Approached Grade Level) score?
- We have an English I EOC retester who was absent for the December administration but tested in May. How does this impact our participation rate?
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Identification of Schools for Improvement 15 Articles
- What if a high school campus was identified as both CSI graduation rate and CSI bottom five percent?
- Are campuses that were identified or reidentified as bottom five percent CSI in 2019 eligible to exit status in 2022?
- Are campuses that were identified as bottom five percent CSI in 2018 eligible to exit status in 2022?
- What if a campus exits ATS to TSI in August 2024 but is reidentified as ATS in August 2025? Would it be escalated to CSI in 2025?
- Must the same student group(s) trigger ATS identification for three years for the campus to be escalated to CSI?
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Alternative Education Accountability (AEA) 4 Articles
- How do campuses qualify to be registered as an AEC, and when does registration occur?
- What are dropout recovery schools (DRS)?
- What are the requirements for a campus to be preregistered for AEA?
- What are alternative education campuses (AECs)?
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- How do I know if a student will receive a reported EL Performance Measure?
- Does the English Language Proficiency component include students who test in nonconsecutive grade levels?
- How does the EL Performance Measure work?
- What is the purpose of the EL Performance Measure?
- What is the Texas STAAR EL Performance Measure?
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Technical/PEIMS 11 Articles
- Where can I find an explanation of accountability masking rules?
- Where can I download 2022 STAAR data?
- Do districts need to upload an extra document to TIDE to add the Alternate Language Code for both TELPAS and STAAR?
- Some of the demographic fields in TIDE are not pre-populated with data from our PEIMS upload. Should we update the blanks?
- Will STAAR demographic data used in accountability still be based on how the student is reported in the Test Information Distribution Engine (TIDE) or will it be based on PEIMS reporting?
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2023 Accountability Development 6 Articles
- When will the framework be finalized for the 2023 Accountability System?
- What are the targets and cut points for 2023 Accountability?
- Will military enlistment be used for CCMR calculations in the future?
- What is the timeline for the phase-in of programs of study?
- Will programs of study be included as an indicator for College, Career, and Military Readiness (CCMR) for 2023?
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Accelerated Testers 7 Articles
- In which domains are accelerated students included?
- How are accelerated students who transfer in from private schools or out of state evaluated?
- Can you provide an example of how accelerated testers are included in participation calculations?
- How were students identified as accelerated testers and attributed to my district’s final listing?
- For accelerated testers, how were the SAT and ACT cut points for Approaches, Meets, and Masters determined?
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TXschools.gov 11 Articles
- Does TEA have a sample letter we can use to communicate campus and district ratings?
- Why aren’t schools with D’s and F’s rated this year?
- How do I compare my child’s school to similar schools?
- Where can I find more parent resources to support my child?
- I’m moving. How can I find the best school for my child?