Title: Federal Accountability AYP Update
1Federal Accountability/AYP Update
- TETN Special Education AssessmentsJanuary 7,
2009 - Shannon Housson
- TEA, Performance Reporting Division
2AYP Topics
- 2008 AYP Final Results
- 2008 Appeal and Exceptions Process
- Preview of 2009
- Assessments
- Federal Cap Process
- Texas AYP Workbook
- Growth Model Proposal
- TEASE and Resources
32008 AYP State Summary Results
42008 AYP State Summary Results(cont.)
52008 AYP State Summary Results(cont.)
- Of those missing AYP, 18 (71) of districts and
1 (12) of campuses missed AYP solely due to the
1 and/or 2 caps in 2008. compared to 32 of
districts and 11 of campuses in 2007. - A total of 482 campuses missed the Mathematics
Performance indicator, the largest category that
failed to Meet AYP standards.
62008 AYP Appeals
- 127 school districts submitted a total of 274 AYP
appeals - 94 (34) of the 274 appeal requests for either
districts or campuses were granted. - Of the 78 district appeals, 8 (10) changed the
district AYP status to Meets AYP. - Of the 196 campus appeals, 48 (24) changed the
campus AYP status to Meets AYP.
7General Considerations forAYP Appeals
- Appeals are not a data correction opportunity.
- Appeals are not considered for areas where a
district/campus Met AYP or was Not Evaluated. - Appeals are considered for areas where AYP was
missed, even if the result would mean the
district/campus still misses AYP overall. - Appeals are considered for data relevant to the
2008 AYP result, and are not considered for data
reported in the prior year for Performance,
Participation, Graduation Rate measures.
8General Considerations for AYP Appeals (cont.)
- Appeal of the USDE approved Texas AYP Workbook
requirements, including the performance or
participation indicators based on the results of
TAKS-Modified (TAKS-M), TAKS-Alternate
(TAKS-Alt), or TELPAS Reading were not favorable
for appeal. - Appeals related to the Federal Cap, Campus
Rankings, or to the performance results due to
the federal caps were not considered. - Graduation Rate Appeals based on the State
Accountability School Leaver Provision or the use
of the National Center for Educational Statistics
(NCES) dropout definition could not be considered.
92008 AYP Exceptions Process
- School districts registered in the RF Tracker
system and school districts with RDSPD that are
included in the 2007-2008 Directory for Services
for the Deaf in Texas were automatically applied
an exception to the 1 cap. - The federal cap applied to proficient TAKS-Alt
results was extended to include an additional
number of students up to the statewide 1 cap
limit. - The statewide 1 cap limit was sufficient to
allow every school districts with an exception to
include all TAKS-Alt passing students as
proficient for AYP (in effect, remove the 1 cap).
102008 AYP Other Circumstance Exceptions
- Other circumstance exceptions were allowable and
were submitted as a regular appeal through the
online system. - The approval of school district requests for
exceptions to the federal cap is based on the
availability of statewide slots within the cap
that allow the state to maintain a 1 cap limit
on proficient results from TAKS-Alt. - The statewide 1 cap limit was sufficient to
allow requests for exceptions based on other
circumstances to include all TAKS-Alt passing
students as proficient for AYP (in effect, remove
the 1 cap).
112009 AYP Preview
- 2009 AYP Performance Standards increase to
- 67 in Reading/English language arts
- 58 in Mathematics
- No changes in state assessments used for 2009
AYP. - No changes in the AYP Federal Cap process for
2009. - State assessments used for 2009 AYP outlined in
August 28, 2008 correspondence to districts.
122009 Preview Assessments
Students in their First Year in U. S. Schools
are counted as participants, but excluded from
the performance calculation.
132009 Preview Assessments (cont.)
Students in their First Year in U. S. Schools
are counted as participants, but excluded from
the performance calculation.
142009 Preview AYP Federal Caps
- The 2008 AYP Federal Cap process was implemented
for the first time with results showing that the
strategic process for helping campuses was very
effective. - The federal accountability advisory group, Title
I Committee of Practitioners (COP), met on
November 18, 2008, and voted to recommend the
continuation of the Federal Cap process in 2009,
with no modifications. - A review of the federal cap process will be
provided through a Texas Education
Telecommunications Network (TETN) session
accessible by ESC and school district staff in
spring 2009.
152009 Preview AYP Federal Caps (cont.)
- Review of the 1 Federal Cap
- Students are selected randomly from TAKS-Alt
proficient results. - Exceptions to the 1 cap will be processed prior
to the Preliminary AYP Release in August 2009
for - School districts registered with the TEA Special
Education Residential Facilities Tracking System
(RF Tracker) for school year 2008-09. - School districts included in the 2008-09
Directory for Services for the Deaf in Texas,
Regional Day School Programs for the Deaf
(RDSPD).
162009 Preview AYP Federal Caps (cont.)
- Review of the 2 Federal Cap
- Step 1) TEA prioritizes campuses by grades served
and proportion of students with disabilities
enrolled. School districts have the opportunity
to review and/or modify the campus rankings. - Step 2) Student results are selected in order to
maximize the number of campuses that Meet AYP
beginning with the campuses assigned the highest
priority.
172009 Preview AYP Federal Caps (cont.)
- Review of the 1 and 2 Federal Caps
- Reminder The federal cap relates to counting
students as proficient for AYP purposes only and
does not limit the number of students that may
take an alternate assessment. - State policies and procedures related to
assessment decision-making are detailed in the
TEA publication titled Admission, Review, and
Dismissal (ARD) Committee Decision-Making Process
for the Texas Assessment Program.
18AYP Preview AYP Texas Workbook
- On December 5, 2008, the U.S. Department of
Education announced that requests for amendments
to the 2008-09 AYP evaluation are due on January
15, 2009. - Texas received approval to submit amendments by
January 31, 2009. - The Department will not consider significant
changes to workbooks for 2008-09. - See the current Texas AYP Workbook of May 9, 2008
at http//www.tea.state.tx.us/ayp/txworkbook08.pdf
192009 Preview AYP Growth Proposal
- October 15, 2008
- Texas submits a proposal to use a growth model
for determining whether schools, school
districts, and the state Meet AYP for the
2008-2009 school year. The proposal may be
accessed at the TEA Student Assessment website
http//www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment - October 29, 2008
- Texas receives a response from the USDE on the
initial review of the AYP growth proposal. - November 12, 2008
- Texas provides responses to the initial review,
which may be accessed from the TEA Student
Assessment website.
202009 Preview AYP Growth Proposal (cont.)
- November 25, 2008
- The Department confirms its initial review and
forwards the proposal for peer review.
Information related to the completed peer review
process may be found at the USDE website
www.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/growthmodel/index.h
tml - December 2 3, 2008
- USDE Peer reviewers met in Washington, DC to
discuss each proposal. No questions are generated
for Texas response. - December 18, 2008
- USDE announces that Texas can incorporate growth
projection model in 2009 AYP calculations
contingent on - meeting the requirements in the Memorandum of
Agreement (MOA) with USDE concerning TAKS-Alt,
and - meeting several other conditions that must be
addressed in writing to USDE by Wednesday,
January 7.
212009 Preview AYP Growth Proposal (cont.)
- Growth Proposal Abstract
- Students 2009 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and
Skills (TAKS), TAKS (Accommodated), and LAT
scores in both reading/English language arts and
mathematics and campus-level mean scores in these
subjects will be used to predict their
performance in next high-stakes testing grade. - Students who are predicted to meet proficiency
will be counted in the numerator of the AYP
percent proficiency calculation along with
students meeting the standard, and this new
percent would be compared with the AYP targets to
determine if the performance standard for percent
proficient is met.
222009 Preview AYP Growth Proposal (cont.)
- Application to 2009 AYP Calculation
- Student taking both reading/English language arts
mathematics in TAKS, TAKS (Accommodated),
or Linguistically Accommodated Testing (LAT)
TAKSwill have data that can be used to predict
their performance for 2009.
232009 Preview AYP Growth Proposal (cont.)
- Application to 2009 AYP Calculation
- AYP Performance Rate
- (Students who Met the Passing Standard Students
predicted to meet the Standard) - Total Number of Students Tested
- Performance Rate is compared to the 2009 AYP
Targets of 67 in Reading/English language Arts
and 58 in Mathematics - Participation Rate calculations are not affected.
242009 Preview AYP Growth Proposal (cont.)
- USDE Growth Model Proposal 2008 AYP Impact Data
252009 Preview AYP Growth Proposal (cont.)
- USDE Growth Model Proposal 2008 AYP Impact Data
26SIP Resources
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- Districts and campuses can view their Title I
School Improvement Program (SIP) status history
reports from 2003 through the present. See the
AYP guide for the appropriate year for
descriptions of any of the AYP or SIP status
labels shown. The SIP history reports are
accessible at www.tea.state.tx.us/ayp/index_multi.
html. - For more information about the School Improvement
Program, please contact the School Improvement
Unit in the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Program
Coordination at (512) 463-9374.
27AYP Resources
- For more information on AYP, see the 2008 AYP
Guide, available in June, 2008 and accessible at
www.tea.state.tx.us/ayp. - Frequently Asked Questions about AYP are
available at http//www.tea.state.tx.us/ayp/faq/fa
q.html. - U.S. Department of Education information is
available at www.ed.gov/nclb/. - Contact the Division of Performance Reporting by
email at performance.reporting_at_tea.state.tx.us,
or phone at (512) 463-9704.