For questions or assistance regarding the information in this section, call the Performance Reporting Division at 512-463-9704 or email performance.reporting@tea.texas.gov.
Proposed 2025 Accountability Manual and ESSA Amendment published January 10, 2025
The proposed A–F Accountability System Manual for 2025 Ratings has been published on the 2025 Accountability System webpage. There are no proposed changes to A–F from 2024. For full details, please refer to TAA: Proposed Accountability System Manual for 2025 Ratings and Amendment to ESSA State Plan.
In summary:
- The rules for the 2025 accountability year were communicated in the manual adopted for 2024 and a re-adoption is proposed.
- A public comment period is open from January 10, 2025 to February 10, 2025. Details can be found on the Proposed Commissioner of Education Rules webpage. A virtual public hearing is scheduled for January 31, 2025 at 1:30 pm. Registration is required to attend and can be completed with the following link, Meeting Registration.
- With the re-adoption, there are no changes to English Language Proficiency (ELP) for 2025. Procedures to adopt ELP targets based on composite proficiency level results will take place in a forthcoming adoption for the 2026 ratings. TEA must first submit an amendment to the state’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) state plan after collecting public comment. A summary and full draft is available on the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) webpage. Comments on the proposed ESSA amendment must be submitted through the ESSA Amendment Feedback Form by Monday, February 10, 2025.
- The proposed A-F Accountability System Manual for 2026 ratings, with the USDE-approved targets and military enlistment data sourced from the Department of Defense, as previously announced, will undergo rulemaking in Spring 2025. Though the 2026 manual will be the adopted and effective manual at the time of 2025 ratings, 2025 ratings will be based on the rules in the manual adopted for 2025.
- The Texas Accountability Advisory Group (TAAG) and the ESC Accountability Group (EAG) provided feedback on these and upcoming 2026 topics. The Accountability System Development webpage has been updated with materials from the December 2024 TAAG meeting.
2024 Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) Correction
A correction was made this week to the calculation of “Career or Military Ready (Annual Graduates)” on the 2024 Texas Academic Performance Reports (TAPR) after it was first released within the TEA Login (TEAL) Accountability application December 12, 2024. The correction updated the table to accurately classify special education students that graduated with the advanced diploma as “college ready” and not within “Career or Military Ready” as of 2022-23 graduates. This is a footnote on the report. We apologize for any inconvenience, as the corrected TAPR PDF report should replace any TAPR previously posted in accordance with the TAPR Guidelines.
Failure to Meet Exit Criteria Count Added to 2024 List of Campuses Identified for Support December 19, 2024
A campus is determined to have failed to exit CSI for multiple years if the campus has been re-identified more than once since the original identification. Years in which the campus met exit criteria (are CSI Progress) are not included in this count. The School Improvement (SI) federal identification lists have been updated on the 2024 Accountability System webpage to include the failure to meet exit criteria campus count, and explanatory resources for calculating this count can be found on the School Improvement webpage.
For more information refer to TAA: Campuses Required to Develop a Turnaround Plan for Multi-year Comprehensive Support and Improvement Identification published December 19, 2024
2024 Results Driven Accountability State and Regions Reports Published December 18, 2024
The Results Driven Accountability (RDA) data is reported at district, region, and state levels on the performance of school districts and charter schools in selected program areas (Bilingual Education/English as a Second Language/Emergent Bilingual, Other Special Populations inclusive of students in Foster Care, students who are Homeless, students who are Military Connected, and Special Education). Data is provided as downloadable data files. The Accountability Manual RDA Chapter 12 is a comprehensive technical resource designed to explain RDA calculation methodology and outputs for resulting LEA reports.
2024 RDA State and Region Reports were published on December 18, 2024, and can be accessed through Results Driven Accountability Data and Reports webpage.
CCMR Credit to Rely on Department of Defense Data Beginning 2026
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has successfully reached an agreement with the Department of Defense (DOD), and the DOD data will be the source of military enlistment of Texas public school graduates beginning with 2026 accountability
For 2025 Accountability, the process of submitting the DD Form 4 documentation will continue for 2024 annual graduates and non-graduating 12th graders. Districts will submit the completed DD Form 4 via a secure upload process, as was done in 2024 accountability for 2023 graduates and non-graduating 12th graders.
For more information refer to TAA: Department of Defense Military Enlistment Data Source published on December 12, 2024.
Student Assessment Data Validation Manual Published December 12, 2024
The Performance-Based Monitoring (PBM) system, which was developed in response to state and federal statute, is a comprehensive system designed to improve student performance and program effectiveness. The PBM system is a data-driven system that relies on data submitted by Local Education Agency (LEA); therefore, the integrity of LEAs’ data is critical.
To ensure data integrity, the PBM system includes annual data validation analyses that examine LEAs’ leaver and dropout data, student assessment data, and discipline data. Additional data analyses, including random audits, are conducted as necessary to ensure the data submitted to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) are accurate and reliable.
Data validation manuals can be accessed on the Data Validation Manuals webpage.
PEIMS FAQ
The PEIMS Fall Initial Submission for all LEAs is due January 16, 2025. LEAs will then have until January 30, 2025, to make corrections to incomplete and/or inaccurate data submitted for the initial submission on January 16, 2025.
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