This Week in Performance Reporting: December 13, 2019

Texas Education Agency Updates

Good afternoon, Performance Reporting bulletin members.

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The Performance Reporting team would like to wish everyone a happy holiday! We will send out the next weekly bulletin on January 10th.

What’s New in Performance Reporting

A–F Accountability

Texas Academic Performance Reports

Yesterday the PDF version of the 2018–19 Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) was released. As mentioned in previous weekly bulletins, the TAPR has two forms: an online data system and a scaled back PDF version. The PDF version of the TAPR includes only major data points and is designed to allow districts to fulfill their public notification requirements. Please note, the 90-day public dissemination period will begin the day districts return from winter break.

The accompanying TAPR Glossary and TAPR Guidelines are also available. The TAPR Glossary contains definitions and methodologies for all items found in the TAPR. The TAPR Guidelines are intended to help districts fulfill their legal responsibilities regarding the TAPR and annual report of their educational performance.

A comprehensive listing of items within the TAPR system (HTML) and on the PDF TAPR is available at the following link. The TAPR PDF is also available in the TEA Login (TEAL) accountability application. The advanced data downloads, which include numerators, denominators, and rates, will be available on the public TAPR site in January.

Local Accountability System

TEA will offer region-specific webinars beginning in February through early March. The hour-long webinar will introduce district responsibilities, statute requirements, local accountability system plan development, how to get started, and more! Time will also be allotted for participant questions.

Interested participants need to attend only a single webinar. Multiple dates and times are offered to allow participants flexibility and choice when registering for a region-specific webinar. Districts are encouraged to register for a webinar associated with their education service center to facilitate communication among districts within a region.

Please reach out to the local accountability system team at LAS@tea.texas.gov, call (512) 463-9704, or check the website if you have questions.

This Week’s FAQ

If a student in grade 5 or 8 achieves the Approaches Grade Level on reading and/or mathematics during the April administration, are they allowed to retake the assessment during the May administration in order to achieve the Meets Grade Level or Masters Grade Level standard?

The accountability retest provision is not applicable for Student Success Initiative (SSI) grades. The 2019 Accountability Manual allows a district to retest a student who achieves the Approaches Grade Level standard on an English I EOC assessment or an Algebra I EOC assessment in order to provide an opportunity for the student to achieve the Meets Grade Level or Masters Grade Level standard only under the following conditions:

  • the student is in ninth grade;
  • the student first takes the EOC during the December administration; and
  • the student retakes the EOC during the spring administration immediately following the December administration during which the student first took the assessment.

 Accountability Fall Learning Webinars

Thank you to everyone who participated in our learning webinar series this fall. We had approximately 1,400 registered participants. We’ll announce the topics and times for our spring learning webinars in our next weekly bulletin. If you were unable to participate in a webinar, you can view archived recordings using the links below.

Accountability Fall Learning Webinar Recordings

Understanding the 2019 Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) recording—December 11, 2019 at 1:00 pm 

Understanding Distinction Designations recording—from October 30, 2019

Walkthrough of the 2019 Accountability Data Reports recording — from September 26, 2019 

Performance Reporting Calendar

December—School Report Card and Federal Report Card are released (public website).

January—2019 TAPR advanced data downloads are released.

 

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