This Week in Performance Reporting: May 17, 2019

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Welcome to this week’s update. 

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What’s New in Performance Reporting

Academic Accountability

For 2019, single-campus districts or charter schools will receive an A–F rating. 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 for the campus to demonstrate acceptable performance. For these single-campus school districts and charter schools, the 2019 performance targets applied to the campus are applied to the district, ensuring that both the district and campus receive identical ratings.

For questions about the 2019 accountability system, please contact Performance Reporting at performance.reporting@tea.texas.gov or (512) 463-9704.

Local Accountability Systems

The 2019 Local Accountability System Manual is available for public comment. The public comment period closes on Monday, June 3, 2019. Public comments may be made through the TEA website or to LAS@tea.texas.gov.

Upcoming presentations on the local accountability system will be held in San Antonio (5/21), Huntsville (5/22) and Corpus Christi (5/29). Please contact the host education service center for more information.

Have a question or comment about the local accountability system? Email LAS@tea.texas.gov or call (512) 463-9704.

Assessment Scoring and Reporting

Spring 2019 STAAR Alternate 2

STAAR Alternate 2 Report Cards, rosters, summary reports, and data files for the 2019 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR^®) Alternate 2 administration have been posted to the STAAR Alternate 2 Assessment Management System. The files can be accessed under Reports > Published Reports via the 2019 STAAR Alternate 2 administration. Printed copies of the standard reports for all students tested and any additional reports requested are being shipped to districts and are scheduled to arrive by May 24, 2019.

Spring 2019 TELPAS Alternate

Student data files and confidential campus rosters for initial reporting for the 2019 Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) Alternate administration were posted to the TELPAS Alternate Assessment Management System on May 10. The reports can be accessed under Reports > Published Reports via the 2019 TELPAS Alternate administration.

English Learner Performance Measure

Technical documentation and FAQs related to the 2019 English learner (EL) performance measure are now available on the Scoring and Reporting website.

April 2019 STAAR Grades 5 and 8 Administrations

All student test warnings resolved by May 10 will be processed, and updated STAAR Report Cards and data files will be posted on May 17. The final region reports will also be posted on this date. The reports can be accessed through the STAAR Assessment Management System.

Spring 2019 STAAR End-Of-Course (EOC) Administrations

Preliminary rosters and data files for the spring 2019 STAAR EOC administrations will be posted to the Assessment Management System on May 22. The preliminary rosters and data files will include results for all students who took:

• English I or English II test (paper or online)
• Algebra I, Biology, or U.S. History online
• Algebra I, Biology, or U.S. History on paper and the answer documents were returned, scanned, and scored by May 18

The preliminary rosters and data files can be accessed through the Assessment Management System at https://www.TexasAssessment.com/STAAR/

The April 2019 STAAR grades 5 and 8 mathematics and reading raw score to scale score conversion tables are posted here. 

For questions or help with accessing and interpreting STAAR results, districts and parents can email assessment.reporting@tea.texas.gov or call (512) 463-9704.

This Week’s FAQs

In 2018, a district could not receive an overall or domain rating of A if the district included any campus with an overall or corresponding domain rating of Improvement Required. With the implementation of letter grade ratings for campuses, this step will be updated for 2019 to align with statute. Statute specifies a district may not receive an overall or domain rating of A if the district includes any campus with a corresponding overall or domain rating of D or F. Does this provision also apply to each of the School Progress domain parts?

No. This provision will only consider the resolved School Progress domain rating. In other words, if the better of School Progress, Part A or Part B is a D or F for a campus, the district School Progress domain scaled score is limited to an 89.

Keep in mind that this provision applies from domain to domain rating and overall to overall rating. For example, if a campus earns a D in Student Achievement, the district’s Student Achievement scaled score is limited to an 89. In turn, that 89 will be used to calculate the district’s overall rating. If a campus earns a D overall, the district’s overall scaled score is limited to an 89.

Performance Reporting Calendar

Late-May—2019 Preview CCMR Student Listing #2 released (TEAL)

Mid-June—Final 2019 CCMR Student Listing released (TEAL)

Mid-June—2019 Campus Comparison Groups released (TEAL)

August 7—2019 preliminary performance domain tables without rating labels released (TEAL)

August 14—2019 preliminary accountability tables with rating labels and distinction designations released (TEAL)

August 15—2019 preliminary accountability tables with rating labels and distinction designations released (public site)

August 15—Campuses identified under PEG criteria for 2020–21 school year released (public web)

August 14–September 13—2019 appeals application available to districts (TEAL)

September 13—2019 accountability appeals window closes

 

Contact Information
Texas Education Agency
Performance Reporting Division
(512) 463-9704
performance.reporting@tea.texas.gov