Overview of the 2019 State Accountability System Who Is Rated? Districts Beginning the first year they report fall enrollment, school districts and charter schools are rated based on the aggregate results of students in their campuses. Districts without any students enrolled in the grades for which STAAR assessments are administered (3–12) are assigned the rating label of Not Rated. State-administered school districts, including Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Texas School for the Deaf, Texas Juvenile Justice Department, and Windham School District are not assigned a state accountability rating. Campuses Beginning the first year they report fall enrollment, campuses and open- enrollment charter schools, including alternative education campuses (AECs), are rated based on the performance of their students. For the purposes of assigning accountability ratings, campuses that do not serve any grade level for which the STAAR assessments are administered are paired with campuses in their district that serve students who take STAAR. Please see “Chapter 7—Other Accountability System Processes” for information on pairing. 2018-19 Rating Labels Districts and campuses receive an overall rating, as well as a rating for each domain. The 2019 rating labels for districts and campuses are as follows.
Source: TEA: Texas Education Agency - www.tea.state.tx.us
School progress This section is divided into two evaluations – academic growth and relative performance. Academic growth measures how students improve from year to year, while relative performance measures a school's or district's academic performance relative to other districts with similar economically
disadvantaged percentages. Closing the gaps (30%)
This section factors in academic achievement and graduation rates but also factors in "differentials among racial/ethnic groups, socioeconomic backgrounds and other factors," evaluating the performance of economically disadvantaged students, students receiving special education services, English learners and other student groups, according to the TEA method- ology. Single-Campus Districts A school district or charter school comprised of only one campus that shares the same 2019 performance data with its only campus must meet the performance targets required for the campus in order to demonstrate acceptable performance. For these single-campus school districts and charter schools, the 2019 performance targets applied to the campus are also applied to the district, ensuring that both the district and campus receive identical ratings. School districts or charter schools that meet the definition above are considered single-campus districts or charter schools in any criteria outlined in this manual. In a few specific circumstances, a district or campus does not receive a rating. When this occurs, a district or campus is given one of the following labels.Not Rated indicates that a district or campus does not receive a rating for one or more of the following reasons: • The district or campus has no data in the accountability subset. • The district or campus has insufficient data to assign a rating. • The district operates only residential facilities. • The campus is a Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program (JJAEP). • The campus is a Disciplinary Alternative Education Program (DAEP). • The campus is a residential facility. • The commissioner otherwise determines that the district or campus will not be rated. Not Rated: Data Integrity Issues indicates data accuracy or integrity have compromised performance results, making it impossible to assign a rating. The assignment of a Not Rated: Data Integrity Issues label may be permanent or temporary pending investigation. Not Rated: Annexation indicates that the campus is in its first school year after annexation by another district and, therefore, is not rated, as allowed by the annexation agreement with the agency.
A – Exemplary performance B – Recognized performance C – Acceptable performance D – In need of improvement F – Unacceptable performance
• A, B, C, or D: Assigned for overall performance and for performance in each domain to districts and campuses (including those evaluated under alternative education accountability [AEA]) that meet the performance target for the letter grade • F: Assigned for overall performance and for performance in each domain to districts and campuses (including AEAs) that do not meet the perfor- mance target to earn at least a D • Not Rated: Assigned to districts and campuses that—under certain, specific circumstances—do not receive a rating The A-F ratings are based on three factors, or "domains," according to the TEA. "Student achievement" and "school progress" combine for 70 percent of the rating, while "closing the gaps" makes up 30 percent. Student achievement For elementary and middle schools, 100 percent of the student achievement section is determined from STAAR testing, the annual State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness tests. For high schools and overall district ratings, the student achievement section is determined from three areas: STAAR testing (40 percent); College, Career, and Military Readiness (40 percent); and Graduation Rate (20 percent).
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