This is to remind member schools of the deadlines regarding an appeal of a school's
academic accountability rating for the 2015 - 2016 school year, and the critical importance of these ratings in light of the mandatory charter revocation requirements under Tex..
Charter operators, teachers, and staff went back to their campuses after the conference and continued to provide students with an innovative public education, and the following month, the Texas Education Agency released the final 2016
academic accountability ratings.
In the State of Texas, charter schools operate under and receive
academic accountability ratings from the Texas Education Agency.
Basis for
Academic Accountability Ratings.
Not exact matches
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which replaced No Child Left Behind, gives states considerable flexibility to craft their own
accountability systems — in the process asking states to make crucial decisions about what it means to be a successful school, what
rate of
academic progress is acceptable, and...
A state that misses the required participation
rate will lose points for
academic achievement in the state's
accountability system.
States could also create entirely separate
accountability systems for alternative schools, weighting existing measures differently (e.g. placing less emphasis on proficiency and placing more emphasis on
academic growth) and using different indicators, such as high school completion
rates instead of cohort graduation
rates.
The school report card (SRC) combines
accountability ratings, data from the Texas
Academic Performance Reports (TAPR), and financial information to give a broad view of campus performance.
Establishes a system of meaningfully differentiating all public schools on an annual basis that is based on all indicators in the State's
accountability system and that, with respect to achievement, growth or the other
academic indicator for elementary and middle schools, graduation
rate, and progress in achieving English language proficiency, affords: Substantial weight to each such indicator; and, in the aggregate, much greater weight than is afforded to the indicator or indicators of school quality or student success.
State
accountability systems must define «sufficient
academic growth» as a
rate that will get students to grade level within three years, or to grade level by the end of the grade span (3 — 5, 6 — 8, or 9 — 12) or «another aggressive growth model approved by the Secretary.»
States must use the same n - size for all
accountability purposes, ensuring that a different n - size can not be selected for including English learners in the English language proficiency indicator than for the
Academic Achievement indicator or Graduation
Rate indicator.
Additionally, a charter school operating prior to January 1, 2015 is eligible to expand its model, if the charter school received an
academic accountability performance
rating of a C or higher and the campus or site expansion is approved by the commissioner.
by Jack Jennings May 23, 2015
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accountability, Common State Standards, education research, federal education policy, federal funding, graduation
rate
Superintendents acknowledge that federal and state standards and
accountability systems have created a situation in which district and school personnel can not ignore evidence about students who are struggling or failing to meet mandated standards for
academic performance, as reflected in test results and other indicators of student success (e.g., attendance, graduation
rates).
by Jack Jennings May 23, 2015
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by Jack Jennings Jun 12, 2015
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by Jack Jennings Apr 4, 2015
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With the new
ratings, we have again updated our review of what each school district spends per student along with their
accountability rating to paint a picture on spending and
academic outcomes.
Spending Still Does Not Translate With
Academic Success July 19, 2016 by Brett Kittredge The Mississippi Department of Education released the school
accountability ratings for the 2014 - 2015 school year last week.
(The
Academic Performance Index has been eliminated and the state Board of Education is still determining a new
accountability system, which may include an overall
rating.)
Pennsylvania's proposed indicators for federal
accountability include a greater emphasis on
academic growth, career readiness benchmarks, chronic absenteeism, and extended - year graduation
rates for federal
accountability purposes.
Texas law requires the Texas Education Agency to revoke a school's charter if it fails to meet state
academic or financial
accountability ratings for three years.
Republicans also criticized Evers for the state's longstanding gap in
academic achievement between black and white students, for his department's plan to comply with a new federal education
accountability law and for a DPI software error that resulted in DPI unable to verify four - year graduation
rates for 2016.
I say Superintendent Reedy and all 33 + APS executives making more than $ 100k / year forego their salaries until every school
rated D or F has a community - centered
academic intervention plan in place with transparent
accountability measures to track progress along the way.
• Require states to include both
academic and other state - selected factors, such as parent and teacher engagement, school climate, and student safety when determining a school's
accountability rating.
Similarly, parents of incoming kindergartners were also more likely to rank schools based on
academic proficiency
rates, while parents of high school students - who likely were more familiar with the school system - more often ranked their school choices based on the
accountability ratings.
• Financial
Accountability — We should develop and implement a financial accountability rating system that distinguishes among districts» levels of financial performance, brings additional transparency to education finance, and allows for the establishment of financial accountability standards reaching to the campus level that are commensurate with acade
Accountability — We should develop and implement a financial
accountability rating system that distinguishes among districts» levels of financial performance, brings additional transparency to education finance, and allows for the establishment of financial accountability standards reaching to the campus level that are commensurate with acade
accountability rating system that distinguishes among districts» levels of financial performance, brings additional transparency to education finance, and allows for the establishment of financial
accountability standards reaching to the campus level that are commensurate with acade
accountability standards reaching to the campus level that are commensurate with
academic standards.
They found that in middle schools, for example, low - income parents ranked schools higher if they had higher
academic proficiency
rates - information that was easily available on the MySchoolDC website - but high - income parents tended to rank schools based on their
accountability ratings, information that tended to be harder to find.
States will now have the responsibility of designing an
accountability framework incorporating and giving the most weight to
academic factors, including student performance on state assessments and high school graduation
rates, in addition to state - chosen indicators of school quality or student success, which can include measures of educator engagement and school climate / safety.
District leaders will include them in the
Academic Performance Framework (APF), the accountability measure that rates schools according to academic performance, growth, college readiness and school
Academic Performance Framework (APF), the
accountability measure that
rates schools according to
academic performance, growth, college readiness and school
academic performance, growth, college readiness and school climate.
First place: The Effect of Subway Access on School Choice, Luis Andres Herskovic and Sebastian Gallegos, University of Chicago Second place:
Accountability, Schools and Student Discipline:
Accountability and Its Influence on High - School Suspension
Rates, E. Christine Baker - Smith, New York University Third place: The Impact of Adjunct Instructors on College Student
Academic and Labor Market Outcome, Xiaotao Ran and Di Xu, Columbia University
States are required to establish new
accountability systems that include annual test scores, graduation
rates for high schools, an additional
academic indicator for pre-secondary schools and a measure of how well English learners are achieving proficiency.
Real
accountability that holds every school to the same high standards and publishes school
academic ratings;
District statistics were collected during the second year of program implementation and demonstrate
academic success, including substantial percentage gains through state assessment scores, state
accountability ratings, and improvement gains.»
Returning charter school Campus Administrators who have operated charters that have all been
rated «Acceptable» or higher for at least 2 of the last 3 most recent
ratings may choose any 5 hours of training that is documented by an registered provider in fulfillment of its
academic mission, responsibilities, and
accountabilities under the law.
The authors find that statewide
accountability measures fall into one of seven main categories of indicators: achievement indicators, such as proficiency in reading and mathematics; student growth indicators in multiple
academic subjects; English language acquisition indicators; early warning indicators, such as chronic absenteeism; persistence indicators, such as graduation
rates; college - and career - ready indicators, such as participation in and performance on college entry exams; and other indicators, such as access to the arts.
Under the Texas
accountability system, district
accountability ratings are based on a combined consideration of district and particular student group performances on the Texas Assessment of
Academic Skills (TAAS), attendance
rates and dropout
rates.
The
academic indicators must count much more in the determination of
accountability ratings than the non-
academic indicator (s), but states are allowed to determine the exact weight of each indicator.76
by Jack Jennings Apr 4, 2015
academic standards,
accountability, Common State Standards, education research, federal education policy, federal funding, graduation
rate, NAEP, No Child Left Behind, private schools / vouchers, Race to the Top, school reform, teacher evaluations, teacher performance, teachers, testing
by Jack Jennings Jun 12, 2015
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accountability, education research, federal education policy, federal funding, graduation
rate, NAEP, No Child Left Behind, school reform, testing
Helping You Understand Your Responsibilities Regarding Community and Student Engagement
Ratings and the Texas
Academic Accountability System
Maintains
accountability of equipment & resources, attendance
rates, test data,
academic eligibility and participates in professional development opportunities.