State Accountability System
Each year, the district and campuses are rated based upon the performance of the students on the state assessments and other factors. The base indicators used for the rating are: TAKS % Met Standard, SDAA II % Met ARD Expectations, Completion Rate II, and Annual Dropout Rate. The student groups to be evaluated for the rating include White, Hispanic, African American, Economically Disadvantaged, and All Students. For the campus to be rated Recognized in 2007, 75% of all the student groups must pass the test. Ninety percent of the students in all the student groups must pass the test to be rated Exemplary.
Federal Accountability
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) (Public Law 107-110) mandates accountability measures that apply to the state, each district, and each campus. All public school districts, campuses, and the state are evaluated annually for Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). All students in grades 3-8 and 10 must be tested in reading and math and all results must be included in the AYP calculation. The tests used are Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAKS), State Developed Alternative Assessment II (SDAA II), Locally Determined Alternate Assessments (LDAA), Reading Proficiency Tests in English (RPTE), and Linguistically Accommodated Testing (LAT). All students, African Americans, Hispanics, White, Economically Disadvantaged, Special Education, and Limited English Proficient students must meet the same performance and participation standards. Other measures used in determining Adequate Yearly Progress are graduation rate and attendance rate.
