1 Federal Accountability System Update Texas Assessment Conference December 4, 2007 Shannon Housson...

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Federal Accountability System Update

Texas Assessment ConferenceDecember 4, 2007

Shannon Housson and Ester RegaladoTEA, Performance Reporting Division

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Federal Accountability Update

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2007 State Summary Results

86% of districts and 79% of campuses met AYP based on preliminary results released in August 2007.

59 districts and 284 campuses are in Title I School Improvement for the 2007-08 school year.

Of those missing AYP, 29% of districts and 10% of campuses missed AYP solely due to the 3% cap in 2007 compared to 60% of districts and 35% of campuses in 2006.

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2007 AYP Release Schedule

Tuesday, December 11 (target date)

AYP Appeals letters mailed to district superintendents

Appeal letters posted on TEASE

Tuesday, December 18 (target date)

Final 2007 AYP results posted on TEA public website

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2008 AYP Preview

Performance standards for 2007-08 will remain the same as for 2006-07.

Under the NCLB Act, all states are required to assess students in science during the 2007-08 school year. However, the statute does not require that the science assessment results be used for calculating AYP. Any such changes would require an amendment to the statute which could possibly occur after final reauthorization of NCLB.

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2008 AYP Preview (cont.)

Timeline

Standard setting for the TAKS-M assessment will not be completed until August 2008.

Discussions underway with the USDE to modify the 2008 AYP timeline.

Texas will request that the preliminary 2007–2008 AYP status and the corresponding 2008–2009 School Improvement Program (SIP) status be released after the beginning of the 2008–2009 school year.

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Proposed 2008 AYP Timeline

Spring TAKS-M test administrations

Summer TAKS-M Standard Setting Process

August Texas school districts retain all SIP evaluations from the prior year (based on 2007 AYP results) and continue implementation of SIP requirements

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Proposed 2008 AYP Timeline (cont.)

October 8th Public release of Preliminary 2008 AYP/SIP

October 17th AYP Appeal Deadline

November – December

Process AYP Appeals

Mid-December Issue Final AYP and SIP Results

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Due to the compressed timeline, there will be limited opportunity for appeals to the 2008 AYP status.

2007 AYP appeal process required research on thousands of students for 114 appeal requests that affected 255 districts and campuses.

As with state accountability, appeals that require extensive student-level research will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, but in general, are not favorable for appeal.

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The 2008 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Guide will include the details of the federal cap process and 2008 timeline.

The AYP Guide will be available on the Texas Education Agency website in late spring 2008.

Examples like those in the AYP Information Packet, available from the TEASE Accountability website, may be incorporated into the AYP Guide federal cap process description.

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2008 Assessments and AYP

TAKS Same as 2007

LAT TAKS Same as 2007

TAKS-Accommodated

Included in AYP for Reading and Math

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2008 Assessments and AYP (cont.)

TAKS-ModifiedIncluded in AYP for Reading and MathStudents taking TAKS-M are

included in Participation, included in Performance

subject to a 2% cap on proficient results

TAKS-AlternateIncluded in AYP for Reading and MathStudents taking TAKS-Alt are

included in Participation, included in Performance

subject to a 1% cap on proficient results

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2008 Assessments and AYP (cont.)

TELPAS Reading

Same as 2007Students in their First Year in US Schools are

Included in Participation Excluded from Performance

Students in their Second or Third year (or more) of enrollment in U.S. schools are

Not counted as participants (Non-Participants) Excluded from Performance

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2008 Assessments included in AYP Calculations

Reading/ELA Assessments

Participation95% Standard

Performance/Accountability Subset60% Standard

Total Students

Number Participating Number Tested Met Standard

TAKS Yes If participant If non-mobile If standard is met

TAKS (Accommodated) Yes If participant If non-mobile If standard is met

TAKS-M Yes If participant If non-mobileIf standard is met

(subject to 2% cap)

TAKS-Alt Yes If participant If non-mobileIf standard is met

(subject to 1% cap)

TELPAS Reading* Yes Non-Participant N/A Not Included Not Included

LAT version of TAKS

Yes If participant If non-mobile If standard is met

* Students in their First Year in U. S. Schools are counted as participants, but excluded from the performance calculation.

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2008 Assessments included in AYP Calculations (cont.)

Mathematics Assessments

Participation95% Standard

Performance/Accountability Subset50% Standard

Total Students

Number Participating

Number Tested Met Standard

TAKS Yes If participant If non-mobile If standard is met

TAKS (Accommodated)


TAKS-M Yes If participant If non-mobileIf standard is met

(subject to2% cap)

TAKS-Alt Yes If participant If non-mobileIf standard is met

(subject to1% cap)

LAT version of TAKS*


* Students in their First Year in U. S. Schools are counted as participants, but excluded from the performance calculation.

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2008 AYP Preview: Federal Cap

In general, the federal cap process has been applied to Texas schools in the following steps:

Determine the district’s total participation count, based on the school district’s total participation denominator for the Reading/English Language Arts and Mathematics. This count is based on students identified as enrolled on the day of testing in grades 3 – 8 and 10 only.

Apply the percentage to the total participation count for the cap limit on 1% or 2% proficient results.

District Participation Denominator x .01 = TAKS-Alt Limit

District Participation Denominator x .02 = TAKS-M Limit

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2008 AYP Preview: Federal Cap (cont.)

In past years, TEA determined how many proficient scores could be included in the performance rates for each district based on a sorting priority.

All students in the school district were sorted in the order of priority regardless of the campus identification.

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Proficient scores that remain after the district cap was reached were counted as non-proficient for AYP purposes only.

Since the limit of proficient results in the federal cap has been based on the school district participation count, it is difficult to determine the specific campus results of the federal cap calculation.

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An Important Note about Alternate Test Administration

It should be emphasized that the federal cap relates to counting students as proficient for AYP purposes only and does not provide direction to ARD committees regarding how students with disabilities should be assessed. For guidance, please see the TEA publication titled Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) Committee Decision-Making Process for the Texas Assessment Program.

It is important that local school districts ensure that appropriate assessments are selected and administered to students with disabilities.

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Texas has been under a flexibility agreement that allows the state to evaluate the proficient results of new alternate assessments and their appropriate caps for the first time in 2008.

The protocol for determining which students are included or excluded in AYP if the 1% or 2% caps are exceeded has not yet been determined.

Ongoing research to determine how other states are planning to process proficient results that exceed the cap.

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The USDE federal regulation released in April 2007 provides specific guidelines on the implementation of the federal cap:

Districts cannot exceed the 1% cap for TAKS-Alt. However, if they do not fully use the 1% cap, then they can exceed the 2% cap (up to 3%).

In other words, TAKS-M proficient scores may “spill over” beyond the cap, but the TAKS-Alt may not.

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One Possible Scenario:

Subject Area: Reading/ELA

Total Number of AYP Participants in District = 742(Grades 3 – 8 & 10 only)

1% x 742 = 7.42 8 students may be counted as proficient in AYP from TAKS-ALT

2% x 742 = 14.8415 students may be counted as proficient in AYP from TAKS M

3% is the total number of students, or 23

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Second Scenario:

Subject Area: Reading/ELA

Total Number of AYP Participants in District = 742(Grades 3 – 8 & 10 only)

1% x 742 = 7.42 from 0 - 8 students may be counted as proficient in AYP from TAKS-ALT

2% x 742 = 14.84from 15 - 23 students may be counted as proficient in AYP from TAKS M

The combined total is 23 students, or 3%

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Timeline for Federal Cap Development

September – December 2007– Ideas and suggestions were taken from the field through

Texas Statewide Network of Assessment Professionals (TSNAP), Fall Academy for District Testing Coordinators, TETN Accountability sessions, and Education Service Center (ESC) Title I meetings.

- TEA staff researched methodology used or planned to be used by other states.

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Timeline for Federal Cap Development (cont.)

January 2008– First draft of recommendations presented for review by the Title I

Committee of Practitioners (COP)

March 2008– Final federal cap process recommendations are developed for

review by the Title I COP and state accountability advisory groups.

June 2008– 2008 AYP Guide will include the final decisions and description of

the federal cap process.

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Amendments to the 2008 Texas AYP Workbook

A draft of the required amendments to the 2008 accountability workbook will be provided to the Title I COP in January, 2008.

Final amendments are due to the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) no later than February 15, 2008.

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Amendments to the 2008 Texas AYP Workbook (cont.)

The USDE final federal regulations issued April 9, 2007, regarding modified academic achievement standards included the following requirement:

Beginning with AYP decisions administered in the 2007-08 school year, a State may not establish a different minimum number of students … for separate subgroups … or for the school as a whole.

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Discussions have begun with the USDE to clarify this requirement for the performance and/or participation calculation in AYP.

Any required changes to the 2008 AYP process will be submitted as amendment requests to the USDE and posted on the AYP website.

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November 19, 2007 correspondence from USDE includes an additional requirement that a State must receive approval from the USDE of its alternate assessment based on modified academic achievement standards before the results can be included in AYP.

The agency will be in discussions with USDE to determine how to meet the requirements of this provision to allow the use of TAKS-M results in 2008 AYP.

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State and Federal Accountability 2007-08 School Year

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TAKS (Accommodated)

State Federal

Reading/ELA (grades 3 – 8 and 10)Reading (grades 3 – 6 Spanish)Mathematics (grades 3 – 8 and 10)Mathematics (grades 3 – 6 Spanish)

Report only Indicator in AEIS/ Not used in State Ratings

Use in AYP

Reading (grade 9)Mathematics (grade 9)Writing (grades 4 and 7)Writing (grade 4 Spanish)

Report only Indicator in AEIS/ Not used in State Ratings

Not used in AYP

ELA (grade 11)Mathematics (grade 11)Science (grades 5, 8, 10, and 11)Social Studies (grades 8, 10, and 11)

Use in State RatingsNot used in

AYP

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TAKS-Modified (TAKS-M)

State Federal

Reading/ELA (grades 3 – 8 and 10)Mathematics (grades 3 – 8 and 10)

Report only Indicator in AEIS (TBD)/ Not used in State

Ratings Use in AYP

Science (grades 5, 8, and 10)Report only Indicator in

AEIS(TBD)/ Not used in State Ratings

Not used in AYP

Field Tests:Reading (grade 9)ELA (grade 11)Mathematics (grades 9 and 11)Science (grade 11)Social Studies (grades 8, 10, and 11)

Not Reported in AEIS/ Not Used in State Ratings

Not used in AYP

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TAKS-Alternate (TAKS-Alt)

State Federal

Reading/ELA (grades 3 – 8 and 10)Mathematics (grades 3 – 8 and 10)

Report only Indicator in AEIS / Not used in State Ratings

Use in AYP

Reading (grade 9)ELA (grade 11)Mathematics (grades 9 and 11)Writing (grades 4 and 7)Science (grades 5, 8, 10 and 11)Social Studies (grades 8, 10, and 11)

Not Reported in AEIS/ Not Used in State Ratings

Not used in AYP

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Accountability Resources

Email the Division of Performance Reporting at [email protected].

Phone the Division of Performance Reporting at (512) 463-9704.

ESC Accountability Contacts.

Online:– ACCT: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/

– AEA: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/aea/

– AYP: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/ayp/

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