Graduation, Completion,

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Graduation, Completion, Dropout
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Re-Alignment
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Re-Alignment
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Re-Alignment
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Indicator Overview
Indicator Overview Methodology
Completion Rate I (State Accountability Standard) Standard of students 1st attending grade 9 in a given year and have completed or are continuing their education 4 years later (longitudinal) Completers (graduates, continuers) in Class (graduates, continuers, dropouts, GEDs)
Completion Rate II (State Accountability AEA) Same as above, includes those who received a GED by 8/31 in the numerator of Completers (graduates, continuers, GED) in Class (graduates, continuers, dropouts)
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Indicator Overview
Indicator Overview Methodology
Annual Dropout Rate (State Accountability Grades 7-8) of students who dropped out during a one-year measure of Grade 7-8 Dropouts of Grade 7-8 Students in Attendance any time during the school year
Annual Dropout Rate (State Accountability AEA Grades 7-12) of students who dropped out during a one-year measure of Grade 7-12 Dropouts of Grade 7-12 Students in Attendance any time during the school year
Graduation Rate (AYP Other Indicator) Graduation component of the longitudinal completion/ student status rate for State Accountability. Graduates are students who complete all graduation requirements by August 31st of their fourth year. of Graduates in Class (graduates, continuers, dropouts, GEDs)
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Reporting Cycle Overlaps
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• 2009-2010 School Year
• August 2009 2009 Accountability Ratings
  Released (2007-2008 students, reported during
  2008-2009 school year) Done!
• Attempting to recover students who withdrew
  during the 2008-2009 school year.
• September 25, 2009 Close of the School Start
  Window. Continue to verify 2008-2009 data through
  January.
• These will be the students that impact your 2010
  Accountability
• Enrolling and withdrawing 2009-2010 students that
  will need to be reported during the 2010-2011
  year and will impact your 2011 Accountability

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School Start Window (SSW)

• School-Start Window. This is the period of time
  between the first day of school and the last
  Friday in September. The end of the school-start
  window is the day that students served in the
  prior year must return to school to not be
  considered leavers.

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Completion Rate Clarification

• Class vs. Cohort. The denominator of the
  Completion Rate calculation is defined as the
  class. The class is the sum of students from
  the original cohort who have a final status of
  graduated, continued, received GED, or
  dropped out.
• Cohort Members. Students stay with their original
  cohort, whether they are retained or promoted.
  Students are members of one and only one cohort.

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Completion Rate I

• Districts and campuses that have served grades 9
  through 12 for five or more years. High schools
  that do not meet this requirement are not
  evaluated on this indicator in 2010.
• 9th Grade Cohort of 2005-2006 OR Graduating Class
  of 2008-2009.
• To count as a "completer" for standard
  accountability procedures, a student must have
  received a high school diploma with his/her class
  (or earlier) or re-enrolled in the Fall of 2009
  (by September 25, 2009) as a continuing student.

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Completion Rate I

• number of completers
• number in class
• Cohort of 2005-2006 students OR Graduating Class
  of 2008-2009.
• Enrollment and Attendance Data is reviewed.
• Standard
• Exemplary Completion Rate I of 95.0 or more.
  
• Recognized Completion Rate I of 85.0 or
  more.
• Academically Acceptable Completion Rate I of
  75.0 or more.
• Student Groups Performance is evaluated for All
  Students and the following student groups
  African American, Hispanic, White, and
  Economically Disadvantaged meeting MSR.

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Completion Rate I

• Special Education. The completion status of
  students with disabilities is included in this
  measure.
• And appeals option was provided in 2009.based
  on IEPs.

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School Start Window - SSW

• Continuers vs Dropouts
• If a district/campus is still serving students
  who have not passed TAKS through TAKS
  remediation, etc., the district/campus
  mustsubmit PEIMS enrollment information showing
  that the student returnedwithin the school-start
  window (PEIMS As-Of-Status- Code B or C).

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School Start Window
CodeTable ID Name
C163 AS-OF-STATUS-CODE
Code Translation
Grades 7 12 Use codes A through G in Submission 1 only and use only codes A through G in Submission 1.
A Student was enrolled in the district during the prior school year but has never enrolled in the district during the current year
B Student was enrolled in the district within the school-start window and was enrolled in the district on the fall as-of date
C Student was enrolled in the district within the school-start window and was not enrolled in the district on the fall as-of date
D Student was enrolled in the district in the prior school year, was not enrolled in the district within the school-start window in the current school year and was enrolled in the district on the fall as-of date in the current school year
E Student was enrolled in the district in the prior school year, was enrolled in the district in the current year but not within the school-start window and not on the fall as-of date
F Student was not enrolled in the district in the prior school year, was not enrolled in the district within the school-start window in the current school year and was enrolled in the district on the fall as-of date in the current school year
G Student was not enrolled in the district in the prior school year, was enrolled in the district in the current year but not within the school-start window and not on the fall as-of date
For Grades 07 12 Use codes H and I in Submission 3 only and use only codes H and I in Submission 3.
H Student was enrolled in the district on the final day of the school year
I Student was enrolled in the district at some time during the year, but not on the final day of the school year
For Grades EE 06 Use for Submissions 1 and 3.
X For all students in grades EE-06
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Enrollment
CodeTable ID Name
C059 ADA-ELIGIBILITY-CODE
Code Translation
0 Enrolled, not in membership
1 Eligible for full day attendance
2 Eligible for half day attendance
3 Eligible transfer student-full day
4 Ineligible-full day
5 Ineligible-half day
6 Eligible transfer student-half day
7 Eligible - flexible attendance program participation
8 Ineligible - flexible attendance program participation
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Student Examples
Student does not have all credits to graduate and may or may not have passed TAKS Student is considered a dropout, unless re-enrolled by SSW
Student has all credits, but has not passed TAKS by 8/31 of the fourth year Student is considered a dropout, unless re-enrolled by SSW
Student received a GED by 8/31 of fourth year The final status for a student is used. If the student does nothing else, the student is a dropout. However, since continuing enrollment happens after the GED is earned - the SSW is after August 31 if the student re-enrolls, continuer is used over GED.
Student is court-ordered to receive a GED If a court-ordered GED student did notreceived the GED by August 31st of the fourth year, the student will be a dropout. Also, if the student enrolls in the school-start window, the student will be counted as a continuer.
A student is counted as a dropout in one district, perhaps 10th grade.... then enrolls in another district the next year and does not return For the completion rate, the student is only counted as a dropout once, in the district of last attendance. For the annual dropout rate, the student is counted in each year and for each district the student dropped out from
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Continuers who have not passed TAKS

• To report through PEIMS that a student returned
  within the SSW when the student has all course
  credits, but has not passed TAKS, at a minimum, a
  student needs toappear on campus at least once
  during the school-start window, meet with
  appropriate school personnel such as a counselor,
  and fill out an enrollment card and/or submit
  enrollment information appropriate for any
  returning and/or enrolling student.

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Dropouts

• Students who leave due to reasons identified with
  an asterisk are not counted as dropouts. Only
  students reported with leaver code 98 are defined
  as dropouts.

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HB 3 and Dropouts

• House Bill 3 (HB3) defined certain exclusions
  that the TEA must make when evaluating dropout
  and completion rates for accreditation and
  performance ratings. The exclusions can be
  grouped into five categories
• Previous dropouts
• ADA ineligible dropouts
• Court-ordered GEDs, not earned
• Incarcerated in facilities not served by Texas
  public schools and,
• Refugees and asylees.
• These five exclusions apply beginning with the
  2011-12 school year. Final decisions regarding
  the transition to the use of dropout exclusions
  are yet to be made. Dropouts collected for the
  2008-09 and 2009-2010 school years will be
  defined using the current definitions with
  no new exclusions
  applied.

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AYP Preview

• Regulations directly related to AYP
• A Uniform, Comparable Graduation Rate
• Timeline to Implement the Four-year Adjusted
  Cohort Graduation Rate
• Report the Four-year Adjusted Cohort Graduation
  Rate by 2011 AYP
• Use for AYP decisions in 2012 AYP.
• Option to Use an Extended-Year Adjusted Cohort
  Graduation Rate or Rates
• Permit states to propose one or more
  extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rates.