2019-2020 Not Rated-Declared State of Disaster

Campuses identified for comprehensive support and improvement, targeted support and improvement, and additional targeted support in 2019 maintain that label and interventions for the 2020-21. The methodology used to identify campuses for Targeted Support and Improvement or Additional Targeted Support has been updated to exclude the all students group. Any campus that was identified as Targeted Support and Improvement or Additional Targeted Support in 2019 solely on the performance of its all students group is removed from the 2020–21 school improvement lists.

See performance Reporting Weekly Bulletin below for more details.

Performance Reporting staff met with the Accountability Technical Advisory Committee (ATAC) and the Accountability Policy Advisory Committee (APAC) on June 8th and 9th and on July 20th and 21st to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on 2021 accountability.

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Meeting materials are posted at https://tea.texas.gov/texas-schools/accountability/academic-accountability/performance-reporting/2021-accountability-development-materials.

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A-F Accountability 101Online Course (Self-Paced)

https://www.myprofessionallearning.com/visitor_catalog_class/show/201065/A-F-Accountability-101

Accountability in an Uncertain World

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Culture of Accountability

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Growth PLC Facilitator

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Trends and Patterns: Discovering System Data Analysis

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What Am I Looking At? Data Sources for Meaning

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As you have been working hard over the past several months to produce engaging virtual lessons for your students have you or a colleague created some amazing virtual lesson for students in grades Pre-K – 2 that you would be willing to share?

If so, we want to hear from YOU!

We are excited to let you know REGION 10 ESC is launching a contest to spotlight your high-quality virtual lessons for young learners in grades Pre-K - 2. These spotlight lessons will serve as exemplars for other educators as we all move forward creating virtual content for the coming school year. Please see the attached flyer for contest details and to submit an entry.

Be sure to spread the word and make sure your colleagues are also aware of this opportunity!

Assessment Design Series Online Course (Self-Paced)

https://www.myprofessionallearning.com/visitor_catalog_class/show/345706/Assessment-Design-Series

Differentiation with the PLDs

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Teach Like a Champion Overview

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10/12/20; 1;00-4:00 2635718

Teach Like a Champion Plan for Error

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The information below should assist you with planning but as you know, we are living in a fluid situation and change is to be expected.

· 9.22.2020; Irving ISD, Virtual

· 10.13.2020: Frisco ISD, Virtual – TBD

· 12.3.2020: Dallas ISD, Virtual

· 1.20.2020: Denton ISD, Virtual

· 2.17.2021: Carroll ISD, In-person

· 3.31.2021: Birdville ISD, In-person

· 4.22.2021: R10, In-Person

· May date – not set: Plano ISD, Virtual – TBD

This newsletter compiles weekly information from Region 10 and TEA, as well as timely reminders. Read and Share.

Dear Colleague,

Earlier this week, fee waiver codes for the weekend SAT® were uploaded to the K–12 reporting portal. The fee waiver codes can be distributed to students for use starting with the September SAT administration. The registration deadline for the September SAT is August 26.

To access the K–12 reporting portal:

•Sign in. Be sure your access isn't set to expire soon.

•If you haven't accessed the K–12 reporting portal before, you'll need two things:

◦A College Board professional account. If you don't have an account, create one now.

◦Permission from your access manager for summary or detail access. Every approved site with an assigned six-digit or AI code has an access manager.

Fee waiver codes will be available via an Excel spreadsheet, called 2020 SAT Fee Waiver Codes, on the downloads page of the K–12 reporting portal. Note: Paper fee waiver cards from previous school year allotments are still valid and can be distributed to students.

For more information about the K–12 reporting portal, visit our help page. You can also view our SAT fee waiver information page for details about eligibility and benefits. Please contact Customer Service at 888-SAT-HELP if you have additional questions.

Thank you for ensuring your eligible students have access to their fee waiver benefits.

Sincerely,

College Board

To clarify, below are the Student Success Initiative (SSI) requirements that are and are not waived for the 2020–2021 school year.

WAIVED

· promotion/retention requirements

· retest provisions (3 opportunities to pass the test)

NOT WAIVED

· beginning-of-year notice

· 10-day reporting of students’ results for TEA

· accelerated instruction (including notice of results)

· end-of-year notice

For the three types of notices that need to be provided, the requirements (and clarification) can be found in TAC, §101.2009 .

The beginning-of-year notice is described in subsection (a).

(a) The superintendent of each school district or chief administrative officer of each charter school shall notify parents or guardians of the grade advancement requirements at the beginning of the school year.

The notice of results and accelerated instruction is described in subsection (b).

(b) The district shall provide early notice to parents or guardians of students identified in a preceding grade to be at risk of failure on the first administration of the assessment required for grade advancement the next year. The superintendent must establish the instruments/procedures to be used to make this determination. This notice shall include accelerated instruction participation requirements as stipulated by §101.2006 of this title (relating to Accelerated Instruction) and be provided before the end of the school year preceding the grade advancement requirements.

The beginning-of-year notice is described in subsection (a).

The end-of-year notice is described in subsection (c).

(c) The district shall establish procedures to notify the parent or guardian of a student who has failed to demonstrate proficiency on the first administration of a grade advancement assessment. This notification should be made within five working days of district receipt of student assessment results from this administration. This notice shall include the student's assessment results, a description of the grade advancement policy, the required accelerated instruction to which the student has been assigned under §101.2006 of this title, and the possibility that the student might be retained at the same grade level for the next school year. In addition, the notice shall encourage parents or guardians to meet immediately with the student's teacher to outline mutual responsibilities to support the student during accelerated instruction.

If districts have not yet sent out the end-of-year notice to students who are at-risk, they need to do so.

District Campus Coordinator Resources Mini-Series

Topic: DCCR Overview

Description: This session will provide district and campus testing coordinators a general overview of the District Campus Coordinator Resources (DCCR).

August 31st

8:30-9:30

Click HERE to register!

OR (You only need to register for one session)

District Campus Coordinator Resources Mini-Series

Topic: DCCR Overview

Description: This session will provide district and campus testing coordinators a general overview of the District Campus Coordinator Resources (DCCR).

September 2nd

3:30-4:30

Click HERE to register!

• 2020-2021 Interim Webinar 4 of 4

December 2020 Student Registration Updates

• August 25, 2020 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CT
  This webinar will provide information for district testing coordinators on upcoming changes to registration for the December 2020 test administration. The training will review changes to student test registration process for receiving test booklets and precoded answer documents. Register HERE

Registration for New District Testing Coordinators

• September 1, 2020 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CT
  Welcome to STAAR! This webinar training will provide information about registration for new District Testing Coordinators. This training will cover individual and bulk registrations for both paper and online test takers as well as a general overview of other critical registration tasks. Register HERE

Fall Activities for the December 2020 STAAR Administration

• September 15, 2020 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CT
  This webinar training will provide information about preparing for the December 2020 test administration. The training will review changes to student test registration process for receiving test booklets and precoded answer documents. This training will also review the retester file and other activities in preparation for test administration. Register HERE

Technology Staff Network Configuration, Secure Browser Installation, and Device Set Up

• October 15, 2020 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CT
  This webinar, geared to Technology Staff, will review all set up steps and checks to ensure that districts' networks and devices are set up and working as expected prior to testing. Register HERE

Online Testing Preparation for December 2020

• October 20, 2020 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CT
  This webinar training will provide information about preparing for online testing for fall 2020. The training will review online testing preparation. Register HERE

Overview of the STAAR Online Testing Platform

• October 22, 2020 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CT
  This webinar training will provide an overview of the STAAR online test platform including a review of accessibility features used for during testing. Register HERE

Getting Ready for your December 2020 Shipments to Arrive

• November 10, 2020 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CT
  This webinar training will provide information regarding receipt of your December 2020 STAAR precode and test material shipment. The training will review the online material lists in the STAAR Assessment Management system, how to order additional materials, and information on district receipt of materials. Register HERE

December 2020 Material Returns

• December 1, 2020 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CT
  This webinar training will provide information about test material returns for December 2020 including completion of header sheets, packing scorable versus nonscorable, freight versus UPS shipment and how to return OOD/OOS test takers. This training will also review the online Answer Document Packing List (ADPL). Register HERE

Preparing for the Release of December 2020 Scores

• January 12, 2021 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CT
  This webinar training will provide information regarding receipt of your December 2020 scores. The training will cover the various report types posted to the Assessment Management System for scoring and reporting. The training will also review resolution of test warnings, score code changes, rescores, and other changes needed after scores have been reported. Register HERE

Good afternoon, Performance Reporting bulletin members.

Have a coworker who needs to sign up? Bulletin subscriptions can be managed on TEA’s website at https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/TXTEA/subscriber/new.

What’s New in Performance Reporting

A–F Accountability

Performance Reporting released the following products this week.

Product/ Description/ Location

College, Career, and Military Readiness (CCMR) Verifier/ Corrections system within the TEA Login (TEAL) Accountability application containing a list of 2018–19 annual graduates plus non-graduating 12th graders and CCMR outcomes.

Districts have through October 1 to electronically submit documentation for updates to student records. Click here for additional information./ TEAL Accountability

CCMR Tracker/ Tracking tool within the TEAL Accountability application that provides districts with an early preview of CCMR status for students who were in grades 9–12 during school year 2019–20. Outcomes provided are as of the 2018–19 school year. This is lagging data.

No corrections will be submitted to TEA; this report is for informational purposes only. If districts find errors, they are encouraged to work with testing vendors to make corrections prior to the student’s graduation. Click here for additional information. /TEAL Accountability

Postsecondary Outcomes Report/ Report showing postsecondary outcomes, including the percentage of graduates who earned any two-year or four-year degree, a Level I or Level II certificate, or an industry-based certification for districts and campuses with 2011 graduates.

TXschools.gov

Please note that while previous communications indicated that the Public Education Grant (PEG) List would be released on August 14th, to reduce unnecessary communication to districts, the official release will be pushed to later this fall. As stated in the 2020 Accountability Manual, “…because ratings were not issued in 2020, the campuses identified for PEG based on 2019 ratings will remain on the 2021–22 PEG List.”

Local Accountability System

Due to COVID-19-related uncertainty about school schedules, the local accountability team is adopting a flexible approach to district development of a local accountability plan. The Local Accountability Guide provides information about plan requirement and example components.

Districts wishing to learn more about the local accountability system and how to develop a district local accountability plan can participant in an hour-long overview webinar with time for Q & A.

Registration links are now available for webinar dates in September.

Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 1 pm

Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 9 am

Friday, September 11, 2020 at 11 am

Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 2 pm

Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at 3 pm

Please contact the local accountability system team at LAS@tea.texas.gov for additional information or to set up a virtual meeting to discuss specifics related to your district.

Employment Opportunity in Performance Reporting

The Performance Reporting Division is looking for someone to join our team. Interested and qualified candidates can apply for the following position:

Senior SAS Programmer (Programmer IV)

The person chosen to fill this position will support schools and improve student outcomes by performing advanced SAS programming/complex data analysis for the Results Driven Accountability (RDA) and Performance-Based Monitoring (PBM) Data Validation’s data and reporting.

This Week’s FAQ

One of our campuses was Comprehensive Reidentified last year and is now Comprehensive Progress, one was Targeted Support and Improvement and is no longer identified, and another was Additional Targeted Support and is no longer identified. How did this happen?

A campus may have its 2020–21 label updated from Comprehensive Reidentified to Comprehensive Progress based on revised exit criteria. As adopted in Chapter 10 of the 2020 Accountability Manual, campuses that do not rank in the bottom five percent of the Closing the Gaps domain for two consecutive years and have increased a letter grade (for example, from F to D or from D to C) on the Closing the Gaps domain by the end of the second year are considered as having successfully exited comprehensive support and improvement status. Any campus identified as comprehensive in 2018 that was no longer in the bottom five percent, but still received an F rating in Closing the Gaps for 2019, is considered as having met the exit criteria for one year and is labeled as Comprehensive Progress for 2020–21.

The methodology used to identify campuses for Targeted Support and Improvement or Additional Targeted Support has been updated to exclude the all students group. Any campus that was identified as Targeted Support and Improvement or Additional Targeted Support in 2019 solely on the performance of its all students group is removed from the 2020–21 school improvement lists. Also, Additional Targeted Support identification is solely based on 2019 accountability outcomes; 2018 is not considered due to the change in methodology. Due to this change, all campuses currently identified as Additional Targeted Support are Year 1 campuses.

Contact Information
Texas Education Agency
Performance Reporting Division
(512) 463-9704
performance.reporting@tea.texas.gov

The following rule actions were filed with the Texas Register for publication in the August 21, 2020 issue:

Proposed Amendment to 19 TAC Chapter 61, School Districts, Subchapter BB, Commissioner's Rules on Reporting Requirements, §61.1025, Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) Data and Reporting Standards

Summary: The proposed amendment would implement changes made by House Bill 3, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019, by incorporating an additional reporting requirement about students who withdraw from or otherwise no longer attend public school.

Publication in the Texas Register: August 21, 2020

Public Comment Period: August 21, 2020-October 5, 2020. A form for submitting public comments is available on the proposed commissioner of education rules web page.

Proposed Effective Date: December 6, 2020

Proposed Amendment to 19 TAC Chapter 129, Student Attendance, Subchapter AA, Commissioner's Rules, §129.1027, Optional Flexible School Day Program

Summary: The proposed amendment would reflect statutory recodification resulting from House Bill 3, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019, and align board meeting requirements with current practice.

Publication in the Texas Register: August 21, 2020

Public Comment Period: August 21, 2020-October 5, 2020. A form for submitting public comments is available on the proposed commissioner of education rules web page.

Proposed Effective Date: December 8, 2020

Please see the TEA website to view proposed commissioner of education rules.

Adopted New 19 TAC Chapter 61, School Districts, Subchapter AA, Commissioner's Rules on School Finance, §61.1008, School Safety Allotment

Summary: The adopted new rule reflects changes made by Senate Bill 11, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019. The new rule was adopted without changes since published as proposed.

Effective Date: August 25, 2020

Please see the TEA website to view adopted commissioner of education rules.

Unforeseen circumstances may delay publication of the agency rules in the Texas Register. The Rules website will be updated to reflect any changes.

Please contact us if you have any questions. Thank you.

Rulemaking

Texas Education Agency

(512) 475-1497

The following new Texas Education Agency Correspondence has been posted at the TEA website:

Date/ Title/ Division

2020-08-20/ Request for Letters of Interest – Math Innovation Zones and Blended Learning Planning Grants/ School Programs

2020-08-20/ New Texas Formative Assessment Resource (TFAR) and Updates to STAAR Interim Assessments/ Student Assessment

Teaching and Learning Assessment Consultant

Email: melissa.shaw@region10.org
Phone: 972-348-1210

Teaching and Learning Research and Evaluation Analyst

Email: staci.barker@region10.org
Phone: 972-348-1068

Teaching and Learning Accountability Consultant

Email: jennifer.hood@region10.org
Phone: 972-348-1404