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How is school type determined?

  • Date updated 2023-10-13
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How is school type determined?

School type is determined by grades served. Please see the matrix in Chapter 1 of the 2023 Accountability Manual.

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  • 2023 Accountability Development6 Articles

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    • What is the A-F Refresh?
    • Will STAAR Progress Measures be available for 2023?
    • How are A-F changes developed?
    • When will the framework be finalized for the 2023 Accountability System?
  • A-F Accountability11 Articles

    • General Questions29 Articles
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      • Who are the members of the accountability advisory group?
      • Who helped TEA develop the state accountability rating system?
      • If a middle school student takes the Algebra I EOC, to which campus are the results attributed for accountability?
      • How are Out of School (OOS) students’ STAAR results included in accountability calculations?
      • How is school type determined?
      • How is a campus’ economically disadvantaged rate determined for accountability?
      • If a student's reported racial/ethnic value is different in each of the individual assessment files (STAAR 3–8, STAAR EOC, or TELPAS), which race/ethnicity is used?
      • Are some districts and/or campuses, excluded from the accountability system?
      • How are the A-F ratings communicated to the public?
      • Why are there changes to the A-F system now?
      • How does Assessment and Accountability work together?
      • How does the A-F System work?
      • How do parents view STAAR results for their students?
      • How are student attendance rates used in determining our accountability rating?
      • Will test results from June be included in 2023 accountability calculations?
      • Is membership the same as enrollment?
      • What accountability data and reports are released when ratings are released?
      • What does the district need to provide to the public regarding the ratings?
      • 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?
      • What is a paired campus?
      • Are substitute assessments used in accountability?
      • How is the STAAR on-track measure used?
      • Why did Texas develop and implement the STAAR on-track measure?
      • What is the STAAR on-track measure?
      • Is the STAAR on-track measure used for the accountability rating calculation?
      • Do accountability calculations include data from the PEIMS working collection?
      • If a middle school student does not pass the Algebra I EOC and retests during the summer, which campus is credited for the retest?
      • What changes were made to 2022 accountability?
    • Domain I - Student Achievement19 Articles
      • Setting College Prep Course Completion Criteria
      • How were students identified as accelerated testers and attributed to my district’s final listing?
      • Are the Accelerated Tester requirements waived for students in grade 12 this school year (SY 2023-24) who received the 2020 COVID waiver on their grade 8 EOC?
      • How is the TEA identifying students in grade 12 during SY 2023-24 who received course credit during Spring/and or Summer 2020 and received the EOC COVID waiver and are required to take the corresponding subject area SAT or ACT while in high school and will they be included on the Accelerated Tester list?
      • How do we ensure our IEP continuers are not counted in our graduation rate going forward?
      • How does the agency determine whether a graduate met the criteria for dual-credit course completion for CCMR?
      • Where can I find information about data sources for CCMR and academic accountability indicators?
      • What is the minimum size criteria to be evaluated on the Student Achievement domain?
      • Is the accountability subset rule applied to College, Career, and Military Readiness (CCMR)?
      • How do I know if a student will receive a reported EL Performance Measure?
      • What is the purpose of the EL Performance Measure?
      • What is the Texas STAAR EL Performance Measure?
      • In which domains are accelerated students included?
      • For accelerated testers, how were the SAT and ACT cut points for Approaches, Meets, and Masters determined?
      • Can an accelerated tester still graduate if he/she does not take the SAT/ACT before graduation?
      • Can students earn a point for CCMR by participating in the Texas College Bridge?
      • Are accelerated testers required to participate in ACT/SAT assessments and/or are they required to earn an acceptable (Approached Grade Level) score?
      • Are accelerated testers included in Student Achievement? If the accelerated tester moves between the fall snapshot and graduation, is their SAT/ACT assessment still included for the district/campus in which they were reported as enrolled in the fall?
      • What if my district or campus does not meet minimum size for Student Achievement?
    • Domain III - Closing the Gaps26 Articles
      • How were students identified as accelerated testers and attributed to my district’s final listing?
      • How do we ensure our IEP continuers are not counted in our graduation rate going forward?
      • Can you provide an example of how accelerated testers are included in participation calculations?
      • Are kindergarten students included the English Language Proficiency (ELP) component of Closing the Gaps?
      • How does TEA conduct small numbers analysis on the CCMR component of Closing the Gaps?
      • Is the accountability subset applied to participation calculations?
      • How many indicators must meet minimum size for a component to be evaluated?
      • How many results are required for a student group to be evaluated?
      • If a student's reported racial/ethnic value is different in each of the individual assessment files (STAAR 3–8, STAAR EOC, or TELPAS), which race/ethnicity is used?
      • What is meant by "Ever EL" in the Closing the Gaps domain?
      • How are 12th grade students identified for inclusion in the CCMR component of Closing the Gaps?
      • What does "Minimum Number of Evaluated Indicators" mean with respect to whether a component is evaluated?
      • How do the component weights in the Closing the Gaps domain change if we don’t meet minimum size in one or more components?
      • What if a 12th grade student was reported in attendance at multiple campuses during the final six weeks?
      • What is the minimum size requirement for the Closing the Gaps domain to evaluated?
      • Are accountability subset rules applied to the calculation of CCMR?
      • How do I know if a student will receive a reported EL Performance Measure?
      • What is the purpose of the EL Performance Measure?
      • What is the Texas STAAR EL Performance Measure?
      • How is the STAAR Alternate 2 progress measure used?
      • What is the STAAR Alternate 2 Progress Measure?
      • In which domains are accelerated students included?
      • For accelerated testers, how were the SAT and ACT cut points for Approaches, Meets, and Masters determined?
      • Can an accelerated tester still graduate if he/she does not take the SAT/ACT before graduation?
      • Can students earn a point for CCMR by participating in the Texas College Bridge?
      • Are accelerated testers required to participate in ACT/SAT assessments and/or are they required to earn an acceptable (Approached Grade Level) score?
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    • How are students included in the accountability subset who move between the April STAAR and May STAAR administrations?
    • Are the Accelerated Tester requirements waived for students in grade 12 this school year (SY 2023-24) who received the 2020 COVID waiver on their grade 8 EOC?
    • How is the TEA identifying students in grade 12 during SY 2023-24 who received course credit during Spring/and or Summer 2020 and received the EOC COVID waiver and are required to take the corresponding subject area SAT or ACT while in high school and will they be included on the Accelerated Tester list?
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    • Why are there changes to the A-F system now?
    • How does Assessment and Accountability work together?
    • How does the A-F System work?
    • Does TEA have a sample letter to communicate campus and district ratings?
    • How are A-F changes developed?
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    • If a middle school student takes the Algebra I EOC, to which campus are the results attributed for accountability?
    • Are STAAR results for foreign exchange students used in accountability?
    • 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?
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    • What information can be found in the TEAL Accountability Application?
    • How do I gain access to the TEAL Accountability Application?
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    • How are test results handled for students who move campuses during STAAR Spring administrations?
    • How are students included in the accountability subset who move between the April STAAR and May STAAR administrations?
    • Are the Accelerated Tester requirements waived for students in grade 12 this school year (SY 2023-24) who received the 2020 COVID waiver on their grade 8 EOC?
    • How is the TEA identifying students in grade 12 during SY 2023-24 who received course credit during Spring/and or Summer 2020 and received the EOC COVID waiver and are required to take the corresponding subject area SAT or ACT while in high school and will they be included on the Accelerated Tester list?
    • 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?
    • If a middle school student takes the Algebra I EOC, to which campus are the results attributed for accountability?
    • Is the accountability subset applied to participation calculations?
    • What is the accountability subset?
    • Are accountability subset rules applied to the calculation of CCMR?
    • Is the accountability subset rule applied to College, Career, and Military Readiness (CCMR)?
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    • Are substitute assessments used in accountability?
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    • Is the accountability subset applied to 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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    • What are the criteria to exit Additional Targeted Support (ATS)?
    • How is a campus identified for Additional Targeted Support (ATS)?
    • Is Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) identified yearly?
    • How is Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) identified?
    • What is Additional Targeted Identification (ATS)?
    • What if a high school campus was identified as both CSI graduation rate and CSI bottom five percent?
    • 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?
    • Can a campus fail to exit ATS status if a different student group than the triggering student group fails to meet its targets for three years?
    • What if a student group does not meet minimum size one year, how does that affect the count of consecutive years?
    • What is required of campuses identified as comprehensive, targeted, and additional targeted support?
    • Do non-Title I campuses that are identified for comprehensive support and improvement based on their federal graduation rate being less than 67 percent receive additional funding?
    • Is a campus that is paired with another campus that has been identified for comprehensive, targeted, or additional targeted support and improvement also identified as such?
  • Emergent Bilingual Students/English Learners (EB students/ELs)8 Articles

    • Are kindergarten students included the English Language Proficiency (ELP) component of Closing the Gaps?
    • What is meant by "Ever EL" in the Closing the Gaps domain?
    • How is the EL performance measure calculated?
    • How do I know if a student will receive a reported EL Performance Measure?
    • What is the purpose of the EL Performance Measure?
    • What is the Texas STAAR EL Performance Measure?
    • Where does TEA get the information for years in U.S. schools and asylee, refugee, and SIFE status?
    • How are STAAR results for EB students/ELs included in each of the domains?
  • Technical/PEIMS9 Articles

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    • 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?
    • Who do I contact to correct the CAF?
    • How am I supposed to read the CAF?
    • 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?
    • Do accountability calculations include data from the PEIMS working collection?
    • How do we know which results in the CAF are included in our accountability calculations?
    • What is the Consolidated Accountability File?
  • Accelerated Testers8 Articles

    • How were students identified as accelerated testers and attributed to my district’s final listing?
    • Are the Accelerated Tester requirements waived for students in grade 12 this school year (SY 2023-24) who received the 2020 COVID waiver on their grade 8 EOC?
    • How is the TEA identifying students in grade 12 during SY 2023-24 who received course credit during Spring/and or Summer 2020 and received the EOC COVID waiver and are required to take the corresponding subject area SAT or ACT while in high school and will they be included on the Accelerated Tester list?
    • Can you provide an example of how accelerated testers are included in participation calculations?
    • In which domains are accelerated students included?
    • How are accelerated students who transfer in from private schools or out of state evaluated?
    • For accelerated testers, how were the SAT and ACT cut points for Approaches, Meets, and Masters determined?
    • Can an accelerated tester still graduate if he/she does not take the SAT/ACT before graduation?
  • Distinction Designations1 Articles

    • What is a campus comparison group?
  • TXschools.gov10 Articles

    • Does TEA have a sample letter to communicate campus and district ratings?
    • How do I compare my child’s school to similar schools?
    • Why aren’t schools with D’s and F’s rated in 2022?
    • What does the overall rating tell me about my child’s school and district?
    • Where can I find more parent resources to support my child?
    • I’m moving. How can I find the best school for my child?
    • Where can I learn more about the accountability system in Texas?
    • Why are school accountability ratings important?
    • Why do we have school accountability ratings?
    • Where can I learn more about how my child’s school and district performed?

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