The Department of Compliance and Accountability coordinates the implementation of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), state, and district accountability policies. Compliance and Accountability also communicates NCLB, state and district compliance and accountability policies to stakeholders; and monitors and updates school performance targets.
Accountability Measures:
To determine ratings, the Texas Education Agency rates school districts using spring performance on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS), the Completion Rate for grades nine through 12 and their drop-out rates for seventh through eighth graders for all students as well as the four subgroups.
Exemplary: at least 90% passing TAKS in reading/English language arts, writing, math, social studies and science.
Recognized: at least 80% in reading/English language arts, writing, math, social studies and science; or make the "Required Improvement" criteria.
Acceptable: at least 70% passing TAKS in reading/English language arts, writing, and social studies; at least 60% passing in math; at least 55% passing in science; or make the "Required Improvement" criteria.
Academically Unacceptable: a district or campus that falls below the criteria to achieve Academically Acceptable receives this rating.
Minimum Size Criteria: In general, this criterion is based on a 30/10%/50 model. If a student group contains 30 students and 10% of the total tested population, that student group is factored into the accountability rating. If a student group has 50 or more students, that group is considered in the rating regardless of the percent of the total population. |
