Academic Excellence Indicator System

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Academic Excellence Indicator System
Annual Report and Public Hearing 2007-2008 Dec
ember 15, 2008
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Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS)

• Comprehensive reporting system defined by statute
• Published annually since 1990-1991
• Gives parents and community a snapshot of
• District/Campus Performance (Section I of AEIS
  Report)
• District/Campus Profile (Section II of AEIS
  Report)
• Contains all data used to determine
  District/Campus accountability ratings
• Uses data collected through
• State data reporting system (PEIMS)
• Student assessment system

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AEIS Reports(Overview Three Sections)

• Section I District/Campus Performance
• Data for all indicators used to determine
  accountability ratings
• Spring 2008 TAKS performance
• Spring 2008 TAKS-Acc Group 1 performance
• Completion Rate I for class of 2007
• 2006-07 Annual Dropout Rate for grades 7 and 8
• Disaggregated data by grade level
• Data for indicators that are scheduled to be
  included in future accountability
• Accountability Preview for 2009
• College-Ready Graduates
• English Language Learner Progress Measure

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AEIS Reports(Overview Three Sections)

• Section II District/Campus Profile
• Demographic data about students and staff
• Program information
• Financial information

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AEIS Reports(Cover Page)

• District 2008 Accountability Rating
• Academically Acceptable
• District/Campus 2008 Gold Performance
  Acknowledgments
• Burnet Consolidated ISD Texas Success
  Initiative (TSI) ELA
• Burnet High School - Texas Success Initiative
  (TSI) ELA
• Burnet Elementary School Commended on
  Reading/ELA
• Shady Grove Elementary School Commended on
  Reading/ELA
• Bertram Elementary School Commended on
  Reading/ELA
• R.J. Richey Elementary School Commended on
  Science

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AEIS Reports(Section I - Performance)

• District/Campus performance indicators include
• TAKS performance Spring 2008
• Met Standard by grade, subject, and student
  group
• Comparison to 2007 performance
• Comparison to State and Region performance
• Achieved Commended Performance (90 of the items
  correct)

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AEIS Reports(Section I - Performance)

• District/Campus performance indicators include
• TAKS performance Spring 2008
• Accountability Measure Met Standard Sum of
  All Grades Tested (3-11) (or all grades tested at
  campus)
• By subject
• Reading/ELA, Math, Writing, Science, Social
  Studies
• By student group
• All Students, African American, Hispanic, White,
  Economically Disadvantaged

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AEIS Reports(Section I - Performance)

• District/Campus performance indicators include
• TAKS Met 2009 Standard - PREVIEW
• 2009 preview at Panel Recommendation
• Met Standard by grade, subject, and student
  group
• Analyzes 2008 Grade 8 Science at Panel
  Recommendation (rather than 1 SEM below Panel
  Recommendation)
• Comparison to State and Region performance

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AEIS Reports(Section I - Performance)

• District/Campus performance indicators include
• TAKS/TAKS-Acc (Group 1) Participation Rates
• Sum of all grades by student group
• TAKS Exit-Level Cumulative Pass Rate
• Progress of Prior Year TAKS Failers
• Student Success Initiative Results
• English Language Learners Progress Measure
• Scheduled future accountability indicator

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AEIS Reports(Section I - Performance)

• District/Campus performance indicators include
• Attendance Rate
• Annual Dropout Rate (2005-06)
• Grades 7-8 Standard Accountability Measure
• Grades 7-12 Alternative Accountability Measure
• Grades 9-12
• Completion Rate II
• Class of 2007 (with GED) Alternative
  Accountability Measure
• Completion Rate I
• Class of 2007 (without GED) Standard
  Accountability Measure

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AEIS Reports(Section I - Performance)

• District/Campus performance indicators include
• Advanced Courses/Dual Enrollment
• Recommended High School Program
  (RHSP)/Distinguished Achievement Program (DAP)
  Graduates
• AP/IB Results
• Texas Success Initiative Higher Education
  Readiness Component (HERC)
• SAT/ACT Results
• College-Ready Graduates (Class of 2007)
• Scheduled future accountability indicator

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AEIS Key Issues for 2007-2008

• Implementation of NCES definition of dropout
  impacted the following accountability indicators
  in 2006-2007
• Grade 7-8 dropout rate Standard Accountability
  Measure
• Grade 7-12 dropout rate Alternative
  Accountability Measure
• Completion Rate I Standard Accountability
  Measure
• Completion Rate II Alternative Accountability
  Measure
• School Leaver Provision for 2007-2008
• Dropout rate or completion rate cannot be the
  cause of a lowered district/campus rating

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AEIS Key Issues for 2007-2008

• TAKS Met 2009 Standard Preview of 2009
• Includes Science Grade 8 at Panel Recommendation
• Includes TAKS-Acc (Group 1) results from 2008
• College-Ready Graduates Preview of 2010
• High school graduates who
• Met HERC standard on Exit Level ELA/Math OR
• Scored gt500 on SAT Reading/Math and gt1070
  Total OR
• Scored gt 19 on ACT English/Math and gt23
  Composite
• English Language Learners Progress Measure
  Preview of 2010
• Appendix H to 2007-08 AEIS Glossary

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AEIS 2008 Accountability Standards

• TAKS-Accommodated (Group 1)
• Science (Grades 5, 8, 10, 11)
• Social Studies (Grades 8, 10, 11)
• ELA (Grade 11)
• Math (Grade 11)

• Recognized Standard
• In the 2007 Accountability Manual, the
  Commissioner proposed that the Recognized
  standard increase to 80 in 2009
• It will remain at 75 in 2009, but is scheduled
  to go to 80 in 2010 (subject to review in 2009)

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AEIS 2008 Accountability Standards

• Annual Dropout Rate (Grades 7-8)
• Final Decision Standards by Accountability Year
  (school year of dropout in parentheses)

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AEIS 2008 Accountability Standards

• Completion Rate (HS)
• Grades 9-12 (2003-04 Freshman Class)
• Final Decision Standards by Accountability Year
  (freshman year of cohort in parentheses)

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Campus Accountability Ratings 2008

• Burnet High School Academically Acceptable
• Quest High School Academically Acceptable
• Burnet Middle School Academically Acceptable
• Burnet Elementary School Recognized
• Bertram Elementary School Recognized
• Shady Grove Elementary School Recognized
• RJ Richey Elementary School - Recognized

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2008 TAKS Performance Sum of All Grades Tested
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2008 TAKS Performance Reading/ELA
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2008 TAKS Performance Mathematics
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2008 TAKS Performance Writing
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2008 TAKS Performance Science
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2008 TAKS Performance Social Studies
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TAKS Student Comparisons Reading/ELA
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TAKS Student Comparisons Mathematics
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Attendance Comparisons (2006- 2008)
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District Profile Information
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Completion Rate I(2008 Accountability Indicator)

• Percent of students (longitudinal measure) who
  first attended 9th grade in 2003-04 who graduated
  or who are continuing their education 4 years
  later
• Graduated with class of 2007 (or earlier)
• Re-enrolled in school in fall of 2007

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SAT/ACT Comparisons
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AEIS Profile Report (Section II)

• Staff Information
• Professional staff
• Educational aides/auxiliary staff
• Ethnicity and gender
• Degrees held
• Experience
• Average teacher salary
• Turnover rate for teachers
• Financial Information
• Tax information
• Revenues
• Expenditures

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District Profile Information
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Staff Information
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Staff Information

• Average Years Experience of Teachers 13.9 (2.6
  points above the state average)
• Average Years of Experience of Teachers with
  District 7.9 (0.5 points above state average)
• Average Teachers Salary - 43,062 (3,117 below
  the state average)
• Turnover Rate for Teachers 14.4 (0.8 points
  above the state average)
• Instructional Staff Percent 58.3 (5.7 points
  below the state average)

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Per Pupil Expenditures
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Operating Expenditures By Function
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Campus Performance Objectives

• Campus Improvement Plans are based on the AEIS
• Performance Objectives are approved by the Board
  of Trustees
• Data from the AEIS gives direction for the
  development of performance objectives that are
  low in relation to the accountability standards

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Violent and Criminal Incidents

• Texas statute (TEC 39.053) requires every
  district to publish a report on violent and
  criminal incidents at campuses in the district
• Number
• Rate
• Type

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Student Enrollment and Academic Performance
(Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

• Data collected and reported by the Texas Higher
  Education Coordinating Board
• Reported for each high school in the district
• Reports on student performance in postsecondary
  institutions
• Most recent report (2005-2006) available at
• http//www.txhighereddata.org/Interactive/HSCollLi
  nk.cfm

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Accessing the Report

• Public Hearing December 15, 2008
• Where the report is available
• TEA website
• District website
• Campus libraries or offices