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To the Superintendent Addressed:
This correspondence is to notify you that the Final 2024 Accelerated Testers Student Listings and explanatory materials are now available in the TEA Login (TEAL) Accountability application. Please note that the data in these reports are confidential.
Accelerated testers are defined as students who earn Approaches Grade Level or above standard on the Algebra I, English II, and/or Biology STAAR EOC prior to grade 9. For 2024 accountability, accelerated testers are also students who earned course credit for Algebra I, English II and/or Biology in Spring or Summer 2020, and were granted a COVID testing waiver prior to grade 9. To fulfill federal testing requirements, these students must take a corresponding subject area SAT or ACT while in high school.
Accelerated testers are included on the Final 2024 Accelerated Testers Student Listing if the student was reported as enrolled in grade 12 for the 2023–24 PEIMS snapshot. Students are attributed to the district and campus at which they were reported for snapshot. The Final 2024 Accelerated Testers Student Listing reflect which subject area the student is considered accelerated and if the student has a corresponding SAT or ACT on record. Results as of May 2023 (2022–23, 2021–22, and 2020–21 school years) are included. The 2024 accountability calculations will include results through May 2024, and the August 2024 STAAR student listings released in TEAL Accountability will include these additional results.
The students included on the final listing will be evaluated as accelerated testers for 2024 accountability reports. Chapter 2 of the 2024 Accountability Manual provides additional information on accelerated testers.
Performance Level Cut Points
SAT and/or ACT results for accelerated testers are included in STAAR components in the subject areas of English language arts (ELA)/reading, mathematics, and science at the standards provided below.
 For Further Information
Additional information on the inclusion of SAT/ ACT results methodology for accelerated testers is available on the Performance Reporting Resources page.
If you have questions about academic accountability, please contact the Performance Reporting Division at (512) 463-9704 or performance.reporting@tea.texas.gov. For questions about assessment requirements, please submit your questions via the Student Assessment HelpDesk.
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