TETN Accountability Update Session

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TETN Accountability Update Session

• February 19, 2009

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State Accountability
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• 2009 Accountability Timelines

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Proposed Calendar

• February 26 27
• Educator Focus Group meeting
• March 17
• Focus Group report transmitted to Commissioner's
  Accountability Advisory Committee (CAAC) members
• Focus Group report posted on web
• March 24
• CAAC meeting
• Week of April 6 10
• Commissioner reviews CAAC recommendations and
  announces final decisions
• Commissioner's Final Decisions posted on web

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• 2009 At-Risk Registration Criterion and Charters
  evaluated under Alternative Education
  Accountability (AEA) Procedures

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2009 At-Risk Registration Criterion

• Each registered Alternative Education Campus
  (AEC) must have at least 75 at-risk student
  enrollment verified through 2008-09 PEIMS fall
  enrollment data in order to be evaluated under
  2009 AEA procedures and receive an AEA rating on
  July 31, 2009. Two safeguards have been
  incorporated for AECs that are below the at-risk
  requirement.
• Prior-Year PEIMS At-Risk Data Safeguard If a
  registered AEC does not meet the at-risk
  criterion in 2009, then it remains under AEA if
  the AEC had at least 75 at-risk enrollment in
  2008.
• New Campus Safeguard If a new campus is
  registered for evaluation under AEA procedures,
  then the AEC is not required to meet the at-risk
  criterion in its first year of operation. This
  safeguard provides an accommodation for new
  campuses with no prior-year data.

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2009 At-Risk Registration Criterion (continued)

• In April, letters will be mailed to the
  registered AECs that do not meet the 2009 at-risk
  registration criterion informing them that AEA
  registration has been rescinded and the AEC will
  be evaluated under 2009 standard accountability
  procedures.
• The Final 2009 Registered AEC list will be posted
  on the AEA website in May 2009. This list will
  contain the AECs that will receive a 2009 AEA
  rating.
• A list of the charter operators that will be
  rated under 2009 AEA procedures will also be
  posted on the AEA website in May 2009.

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Charters evaluated under AEA Procedures

• Charters that operate only registered AECs are
  evaluated automatically under AEA procedures.
• Charters that operate both standard campuses and
  registered AECs have the option to be evaluated
  under AEA procedures if at least 50 of the
  charters students are enrolled at registered
  AECs.
• TEA contacts the charter to obtain its
  preference.
• Charters submits preference via TEASE
  Accountability.
• If a preference cannot be obtained, then the
  charter is evaluated under standard
  accountability procedures.
• If fewer than 50 of the charters students are
  enrolled at registered AECs, then the charter is
  evaluated under standard accountability
  procedures

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• Update on 2009 Accountability Development

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Accountability Development Topics for Educator
Focus Group Meeting

• State Assessments
• Student Improvement Measure
• TAKS (Accommodated)
• Vertical Scale
• Exception Provision
• TAKS Standards
• Other Options Considered
• Annual Dropout Rates
• Review
• Standards
• Additional Features

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Accountability Development Topics for Educator
Focus Group Meeting (continued)

• Completion Rates
• Review
• 2009 and 2010
• Additional Features
• Underreported Students
• Hurricane Ike
• Background
• Provisions

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Accountability Development Topics for Educator
Focus Group Meeting (continued)

• Alternative Education Accountability (AEA)
• 2008 Overview
• Overview of 2009 and 2010 Indicators
• Gold Performance Acknowledgment (GPA) System
• 2009
• TAKS Changes and GPA Indicators
• RHSP/DAP Review
• SAT/ACT Review
• Comparable Improvement Indicator
• New College-Ready Graduate Indicator
• Standards for 2010 and 2011
• AEA Acknowledgments

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Accountability Development Topics for Educator
Focus Group Meeting (continued)

• TAKS-Modified and TAKS-Alternate
• TAKS-M
• TAKS-Alt
• Options for Use
• Schedule for Use
• English Language Learners (ELL) Progress
  Indicator
• Future Topics
• Federal Requirements for Ethnicity and Race Data
• Federal Accountability 2010 and Beyond

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TETN Accountability Update Sessions 2009 Dates
and Tentative Agenda Topics

• April 23 Accountability Decisions for 2009
  Beyond
• June 18 Accountability Manuals State and AYP
• August 20 Accountability Results for 2009
• November 19 Accountability Ratings Update
• Gold Performance Acknowledgments
• AEIS Reports
• School Report Cards
• PEG List
• The above dates are for 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

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Accountability Resources

• Email the Division of Performance Reporting at
  performance.reporting_at_tea.state.tx.us.
• Phone the Division of Performance Reporting at
  [phone].
• ESC Accountability Contacts.
• Online
• ACCT http//www.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/accoun
  t/
• AEA http//www.tea.state.tx.us/aea/
• AYP http//www.tea.state.tx.us/ayp/