Title: Changes in Federal and State Public School Accountability
1Changes in Federal and State Public School
Accountability
2Why have Texas educators received so much
recognition in the last five years?
- Because of the states remarkable gains in
student achievement
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3What is No Child Left Behind?
- The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is a sweeping
education reform plan, affecting both elementary
and secondary schools. - It asks schools to describe their success in
terms of what each student accomplishes. - It is the most groundbreaking education reform in
many years. The U.S. Congress thought it was so
important that they passed it by an overwhelming
majority of Democrats and Republicans.
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4When did the act become law?
- The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) was signed
into law on January 8, 2002, and became effective
in Fall 2002.
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5What is NCLB designed to achieve?
- Stronger accountability
- Increased flexibility and local control of
federal funds - Emphasis on teaching methods that have been
proven to work - Expanded options for parents
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6Accountability
- Stronger academic standards
- Tests aligned with the standards
- Adequate yearly progress
- Results reported according to student groups
- Report cards which detail student performance
- Consequences for schools that fail to make
progress - Within twelve years, all students performing at a
proficient level under their states standards
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7Flexibility for States and Communities
- States will have more freedom to direct more of
their federal education money. That means local
people will have more say about which programs
they think will help their students the most. - No Child Left Behind combines and simplifies
programs, so that schools do not have to cut
through as much red tape to get and use federal
funding. - Source www.nochildleftbehind.gov
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8Concentrating Resources on Proven Education
Methods
- 900 million to the Presidents Reading First
plan - Federal dollars tied to scientifically proven
methods of teaching children to read - Early Reading First A program devoted to
developing language and reading skills for
pre-school children, especially those from
low-income families
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9Highly Qualified Teachers
- States must put a highly qualified teacher in
all public school classrooms receiving Title I
funding by 2005. A highly qualified teacher
- Has obtained full State certification or passed
the State teacher licensing examination - Holds a license to teach in the State
- Has not had his/her license requirements waived
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10Highly Qualified Teachers
- Elementary teachers hold at least a bachelors
degree demonstrate subject knowledge and
teaching skills in reading writing, mathematics,
and other areas of basic elementary curriculum
and pass a rigorous State test. - Middle or secondary teachers hold at least a
bachelors degree demonstrate a high level of
competency in the subject they intend to teach by
passing a rigorous State academic subject test,
or successfully complete an academic major,
graduate degree, coursework equivalent to an
undergraduate academic major, or advanced
certification.
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11Paraprofessionals
- New paraprofessionals must have one of the
following qualifications - Completed two years of study at an institute of
- higher learning
- Obtained at least an associates degree
- Passed a State or local assessment
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12Paraprofessional Duties
- Tutor one-on-one when students are not
- receiving instruction from the teacher
- Assist with classroom management
- Provide assistance in a computer lab
- Conduct parental involvement activities
- Provide support in a library or media center
- Translate
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13More Choices for Parents
- The ability to transfer students from
low-performing to higher-performing schools - Funds for supplemental education services
(e.g., tutoring, after-school programs, and
summer school programs) - 200 million to fund and develop charter schools
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142003 State Accountability Plan
The 2003 accountability procedures have been
designed to accomplish multiple objectives,
including
- Meeting statutory requirements and ensuring
institutional accountability - Providing districts, campuses, education service
centers (ESCs), and the state with data for
planning - Advising districts and campuses that are most in
need of improvement - Transitioning from the current accountability
system to the new one
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15Transition
- Current accountability system
- Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS)
- Annual dropout rates
- New accountability system
- Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS)
- Longitudinal completion rates
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16Transition, continued
- Revised calendar for 2003
- Accountability procedures modified
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17Key Dates
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18Summer 2002
- The plan describing administration of the 2003
accountability system was adopted as a
commissioners rule and transmitted to districts
and campuses.
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192002-03 School Year
- October 2002 TAKS writing training of trainers
- October-December 2002 ESC-hosted writing
training - November 14 State Board of Education (SBOE)
adoption of passing standards
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20TAKS Passing Standards
- Three levels of performance
- Does not meet standards
- Meets standard
- Commended standard
- Two year phase-in based on standard error of
measurement (SEM) - 2003 2 SEMs below committees recommendation
- 2004 1 SEM below committees recommendation
- 2005 passing standards fully implemented
- http//www.tea.state.tx.us/studentassessment/taks/
standards/attachment7.pdf
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21May 2003
- TAKS results from first statewide administration
will be released. - Districts receive results from the testing
contractor in late May. - Statewide results will be released in June.
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22July-August 2003
- The TAKS will be released in July or August 2003.
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23August 2003
- Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS)
reports will be published electronically in
August, earlier than the traditional release date
of October. - District 2002 accountability ratings of
Exemplary, Recognized, Academically Acceptable,
and Academically Unacceptable will be carried
forward and printed on the 2002-03 district AEIS
reports. - Campus ratings will not be carried forward.
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24August/September 2003
- School Report Cards (SRCs) will be provided to
all districts for each campus electronically in
August or September, earlier than the traditional
date of November.
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25July through December 2003
- This period will be devoted to development of the
accountability rating system for 2004 and beyond.
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26December 2003
- Final decisions for 2004 performance indicators
and accountability standards will be announced. - Campus and district 2002-03 performance results
will be evaluated against the 2004 standards for
Academically Acceptable to the extent possible.
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27Campus and District Evaluations
- Campus and district performance evaluations will
identify the indicators and student groups that
do not meet the 2004 accountability standard(s). - Districts will receive an overall designation
- 2003 Performance Meets 2004 Standard(s), or
- 2003 Performance Does Not Meet 2004 Standard(s)
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28Campus and District Evaluations, continued
- Site visits will occur during the 2003-04 school
year for districts with accountability ratings
of - - Academically Unacceptable
- - Does Not Meet 2004 Standards
- Campuses will not receive the designations
- - 2003 Performance Meets/Does Not Meet 2004
Standard(s).
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292004 and Beyond
- 2004 Accountability Manual published in April
2004 - Second TAKS administration
- Results available in May (statewide results
released in June) - Release of ratings delayed until late August or
September to allow time for development and
application of TAKS improvement measures - Development of improvement measures cannot begin
until summer 2004 because two years of test
results are required to calculate improvement
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30New Complexity
- More state accountability requirements
- New federal accountability requirements
- Unanswered questions
- Effects of the legislative session, which could
create more changes/requirements
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31Two Major Components of Texas New Accountability
System
- TAKS
- Longitudinal Completion Rate
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32TAKS
- More difficult test
- Two standards
- Passing
- Higher level of proficiency
- More subjects than TAAS
- 15 standards for TAAS (3 subjects and 5 student
groups) - 30 standards for TAKS (6 subjects and 5 student
groups) - More grades (students) being tested than in TAAS
- These all have repercussions on accountability.
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33TAAS vs. TAKS
- A Comparison of Subjects and Grades Assessed
- v Tested with TAAS and TAKS ? Tested with
TAKS
Grade
Subject
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34Longitudinal Completion Rate
- Built on same data as the dropout indicator
- Better answers the question being asked by the
general public How many students drop out before
graduating? - Provides more data through categories
- Graduated
- Received GED
- Continued High School
- Dropped Out
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35Comparison of Annual Dropout Rate and
Longitudinal Completion Rate
2001 Annual Dropout Rates (Gr. 7-12)
Class of 2001 Longitudinal Completion Rate (4-yr)
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36Annual Dropout Rate vs. Longitudinal Completion
Rate
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37Leaver Data System Safeguards
- Improved data reporting requirements and edit
software - New desk-audit procedure and annual independent
audit - Accountability consequences
- Increase in level of felony for changing student
records - 3rd degree felony for record-tampering
- 2nd degree felony for record-tampering with
intent to harm or defraud
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38Data Qualityin Longitudinal Completion Rate
- Student identifying information is criticalwe
must have accurate student identifying
information to link student data across years.
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39Accountability Questions to Be Answered
- Dropout definition
- Completion rate methodology
- Components of the accountability indicator
- Accountability standards
- District and/or campus
- Grade 7 and 8 dropouts
- Use of annual dropout rate
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40Other Performance Measures
- Progress of prior year TAKS failures
- Performance of special education students on
State Developed Alternative Assessment (SDAA) - Measures related to the Student Success Initiative
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41Features of the Accountability SystemExpected to
Be Retained
- Multiple rating categories
- Performance of student groups
- Ratings based on multiple indicators
- Student mobility adjustment
- Small numbers rules for smaller campuses
- Reports and other recognitions based on
performance results
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42Reminders about the Student Success Initiative
(SSI)
- Begins in 2002-03 with Grade 3 Reading
- Builds on the Texas Reading Initiative
- Requires each third grader to pass the TAKS
Reading to be promoted to the fourth grade
without a Grade Placement Committee - Notification to parents is critical!
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43Our Challenge
- To make the transition to an equally successful
system that incorporates new state goals and
state and federal requirements
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44For More Information
- TEAs 2003 Accountability website
- http//www.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport
- The No Child Left Behind website
- www.nochildleftbehind.gov
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