ESC-17 Accountability Connection

Make plans to join us at ESC-17 on September 3, 2025, for the 2025 Accountability Symposium. We will guide district and campus leaders to understand their own accountability data and the methodology that is used to determine ratings. We will also have a session for district leaders to write goals for early literacy and math and CCMR, in accordance with HB-3 requirements. Register HERE

TEA has published this updated document explaining the Requirements for Posting of Performance. Districts must post their most recent accountability performance rating on the district website no later than the 10th day of the school year.

TEA has updated the 2025 A-F Sharing Template for District Leaders. New slides that have been added allow for district leaders to more clearly explain the proportional weighting of school ratings in district ratings.

The campus leader version is also available on 2025 Accountability Rating System webpage under Explanatory Materials and Resources. These resources are fully customizable and include step by step directions for retrieving your data, sample scripts, and an overview of the A-F Accountability Framework.

School Report Cards (SRC) inform families about a campus’ individual characteristics and its academic performance including STAAR and Academic Growth outcomes. On the SRC, Student attendance and enrollment information, class size information, and financial indicators are provided alongside the campus’s 2023 Overall Academic Accountability Rating, a rating for each accountability domain, and the 2023 Distinction Designations earned by the campus from the 2023 accountability rating year. Each campus must send a copy of the SRC to a parent or guardian of each of its students within six weeks of notification that the SRC has been posted. The campus may provide the SRC in the same way that it sends other official communications to parents and guardians. Districts may distribute the SRC electronically if they can ensure that parents and guardians are notified that the SRC is available and that they are able to access it. A campus or district must provide a printed copy (in color or black and white) to anyone who cannot access the electronic version.

The inclusion of a cover letter with the SRC is not required, but many schools find it helpful to provide one. A sample cover letter to families is available in both English and Spanish. The school report card definitions, updated each year, explain several of the terms used in the SRC. The school report card definitions are also available in Spanish. For additional information, please see the TAA, 2023 School Report Cards Now Available, which was shared on August 28, 2025.

CCCMR Outcomes Bonus for 2024 Graduates Early Counts have been released. On August 28, 2025, TEA awarded districts College, Career, and Military Readiness Outcomes Bonus (CCMR OB) funding. Funding is awarded based on the number of annual graduates who demonstrate college, career, or military readiness in excess of a threshold for three cohorts: 1) annual graduates who are economically disadvantaged; 2) annual graduates who are not economically disadvantaged; and 3) annual graduates who are enrolled in a special education program.

Early counts reflect readiness outcomes for graduates who met TSI criteria, earned associate degrees or industry-based certifications (IBCs) and those who enrolled in postsecondary institutions immediately after high school but counts do not yet include data from the THECB for postsecondary institution enrollment.

The CCMR OB Early Counts Student Listing for 2024 Graduates and CCMR OB Explanation of Methodology and Sources has been posted in the in the TEA Login (TEAL) Accountability application. The full statewide listing of these CCMR Outcomes Bonus Early Counts by District is also available on the Performance Reporting Resources webpage.

CCMR OB is a financial incentive for districts based on student outcomes in readiness. This is different from CCMR for Academic Accountability. Requirements can be found in the CCMR in Accountability vs Outcomes Bonus resource posted on the Performance Reporting Resources webpage. Note: 2024 PEIMS Working Submission data submitted for the appeals of 2025 accountability ratings do not apply to CCMR OB.

Schools who wish to file an appeal to their A-F ratings have 30 days to do so, which means the appeals deadline is September 12, 2025. See the Appeals Timeline HERE. TEA suggests reviewing Chapter 8 of the Accountability Rating System Manual prior to submission of your appeals packet.

Appeals should be based on data errors attributable to the vendor(s), TEA, or the ESC.

TEA is allowing districts to complete a PEIMS Working Submission to correct data submitted in the 2024 PEIMS Submission Windows related to College Preparatory Course Completion data errors or Industry Based Certification (IBC) data errors only, and only ratings administered under the 2025 Accountability Rating System Manual will use the PEIMS Working Submission data. Districts should only submit a Working Submission if the appropriate supporting documentation is on hand to support the data submitted.

The appeals window for PEIMS corrections to College Prep and IBC data is the same as the A-F Appeals Window-- August 13-September 12.

A district will have the option to submit an appeal of preliminary rating(s) during the 2025 appeals window on the basis of CCMR recalculations if the district submits a PEIMS Working Submission and it is accepted by the Information Technology/Data Standards, Data Quality and Business Analysis Division before the close of the 2025 appeal window. If the appeal is granted, the 2025 A-F final ratings released in December 2025 will be based on a calculation of CCMR using the Working Collection data.

Contact ESC-17 PEIMS specialists for support.

CCMR is vitally important to A-F Accountability ratings for high schools, K-12s and districts. To get the latest CCMR updates, make plans to attend the ESC-17 2025 CCMR Symposium. Scan the code or click on the linked photo below.