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Title: Changes in Federal and State Public School Accountability


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Changes in Federal and State Public School
Accountability
  • January 2003

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Why 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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What 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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When 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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What 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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Accountability
  • 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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Flexibility 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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Concentrating 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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Highly 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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Highly 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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Paraprofessionals
  • 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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Paraprofessional 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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More 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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2003 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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Transition
  • 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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Transition, continued
  • Revised calendar for 2003
  • Accountability procedures modified

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Key Dates
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Summer 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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2002-03 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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TAKS 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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May 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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July-August 2003
  • The TAKS will be released in July or August 2003.

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August 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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August/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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July through December 2003
  • This period will be devoted to development of the
    accountability rating system for 2004 and beyond.

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December 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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Campus 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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Campus 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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2004 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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New 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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Two Major Components of Texas New Accountability
System
  • TAKS
  • Longitudinal Completion Rate

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TAKS
  • 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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TAAS vs. TAKS
  • A Comparison of Subjects and Grades Assessed
  • v Tested with TAAS and TAKS ? Tested with
    TAKS

Grade
Subject
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Longitudinal 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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Comparison 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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Annual Dropout Rate vs. Longitudinal Completion
Rate
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Leaver 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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Data 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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Accountability 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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Other 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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Features 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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Reminders 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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Our Challenge
  • To make the transition to an equally successful
    system that incorporates new state goals and
    state and federal requirements

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For 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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