This Week in Performance Reporting: December 11, 2020

Good afternoon, Performance Reporting bulletin members.

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What’s New in Performance Reporting

A–F Accountability

Yesterday the Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced a pause for 2021 A–F ratings and its intent to submit addendum and amendment requests to the U.S. Department of Education (USDE). TEA will continue to process and report 2020–21 data to districts, stakeholders, and the USDE. Additional information will be provided in next week’s bulletin. A one pager is also available on the Performance Reporting Resources webpage that provides a brief overview of the agency’s federal requests.

The 2019 Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) advanced data downloads are now available. This download option provides additional indicators that are available in the HTML version of the TAPR as well as numerators and denominators.

Local Accountability System

The Local Accountability Guide and Frequently Asked Questions provide information about plan requirement and example components. They can both be found on the local accountability webpage.

Districts wishing to learn more about the local accountability system and how to develop a district local accountability plan can participant in an hour-long overview webinar with time for Q & A.

Registration links are available for upcoming webinar dates in December.

Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 3 pm

Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 1 pm

Please contact the local accountability system team at LAS@tea.texas.gov for additional information or to set up a virtual meeting to discuss specifics related to your district.

We are working on the spring webinar schedule and updated content. Please let us know if you have any suggestions for content via email by the end of January 2021.

Assessment Scoring and Reporting

The Student Portal is updated with the latest assessment information. Parents can access their child’s results using a unique access code, which can be found on any previous state assessment Report Card. Additionally, parents can view their child’s performance relative to the campus, district, and state.

Raw score to scale score conversion tables are posted here.

For questions or help with accessing and interpreting STAAR, STAAR Alternate 2, TELPAS, and TELPAS Alternate results, districts and parents can email assessment.reporting@tea.texas.gov or call (512) 463-9704.

We are working on the spring webinar schedule and updated content. Please let us know if you have any suggestions for content via email by the end of January 2021.

Did You Know?

This week, new tools were launched on the For Educator page on TexasAssessment.gov along with a new look and feel. These tools provide educators with one-stop access to the most frequently used materials, trainings, and data that assist in supporting quality classroom instruction for all students.

New enhancements include:

• a one-stop location for Interim Assessments including an explanatory video, training modules, and direct access to the STAAR System to view student level results, and
• one-click access to
  • Examples of Writing Multiple Choice Items
  • STAAR Test Administrator Training Modules
  • Raw Score Conversion Tables
  • STAAR Released Tests

  To access these useful tools, plus much more, visit https://texasassessment.gov/staar/educators/.