Accountability State and Federal Ratings August 11, 2009 Board Presentation 1

State Accountability 35 Indicators ◦ 25 are Academic  (Combined grades 3-11) ◦ 5 are completion rate  High Schools only (Grades 9-12) ◦ 5 are dropout rate  Junior Highs (Grades 7-8) ◦ Elementary accountable only for academic indicators 2

State Accountability 25 Academic Indicators ◦ Standards for Accountability ratings 3

Reading: Grades Spanish State Accountability 4

Writing: Grades 4,7 + Spanish State Accountability 5

Social Studies: Grades 8,10,11 + TAKS-Accom State Accountability 6

Math: Grades Spanish State Accountability 7

Science: Grades 5,8,10,11 + TAKS-Acc + Spanish State Accountability 8

State Accountability District Rating ◦ Academically Unacceptable  Cohort group entering 9 th grade in 2004  Graduating Class of 2008  Standard = 75%  Economically Disadvantaged Subpop  103 Students of 344 = 67.7% (-1.4%) 9

State Accountability Good News for Completion Rate (9-12) ◦ All other subpops increased  All students by 3% (82% to 85%)  African American %  Hispanic %  White – 2.9% 10

State Accountability Good News for Dropout Rate (Gr. 7-8) ◦ All subpops improved:  All Students --.7% to.1%  African American --.9% to 0%  Hispanic --.6% to.2%  White --.8% to.1%  EcoDis --.8% to.1% 11

Campus State Accountability Lee HS & Midland HS ◦ Unacceptable due to Completion Rate  Economically Disadvantaged Subgroup  Standard = 75%  LHS = 74.5% MHS = 73.5% Lamar Elementary ◦ Unacceptable in math in one subgroup Travis Elementary ◦ Unacceptable in science performance across campus 12

Federal Accountability 26 Indicators (remember State has 35) ◦ 24 are Academic  (Combined grades 3-10 & 11) ◦ 1 is completion rate  High Schools only(Grades 9-12) ◦ 1 is dropout rate  Junior Highs (Grades 7-8) All TAKS Tests included in calculations: (TAKS, TAKS-Accom, TAKS-M, TAKS-Alt, LAT) 13

Federal Accountability District – Meets Standard Campuses: MHS – Does not meet standard ◦ Participation in ELA TAKS 92% (95% st.) Travis Elementary – Does not meet standard ◦ Math scores in 3 subpops Milam Elementary – Does not meet standard ◦ Math scores in one subpop 14

District Academic Focus for Limited English Proficient Students ◦ Bilingual (K-5); ESL (6-12) and Parent Denials (K-12) African American Students Special Education Students Economically Disadvantaged Students ◦ Specifically grades 9-12