Accountability & School Improvement

Preliminary longitudinal cohort lists have been updated to reflect 2024-25 data, and are now available through the TEAL Accountability application under the Research & Analysis tab. The preliminary cohort lists provide information on cohort membership and selected demographics for planning and informational purposes. Student final statuses are not provided, and no action is required by districts upon release of the lists. Data is available for the 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028 cohorts.

Preliminary Accelerated Tester reports are anticipated on November 21, 2025, and will be available in the TEAL Accountability application. Accelerated testers are defined as students who earn Approaches Grade Level or above on the Algebra I, English II, and/or Biology STAAR EOC prior to grade 9. To fulfill federal testing requirements, these accelerated students must take a corresponding subject area SAT or ACT while in high school.

Students to be included on the listing were reported as enrolled in grade 11 on the 2024–25 PEIMS Summer Submission of attendance and they have either:

• taken an Algebra I, English II, and/or Biology EOC assessment prior to enrolling in grade 9 and earned Approaches Grade Level or above; or
• earned course credit for Algebra I, English II, and/or Biology in Spring or Summer 2021.

Students are attributed to the district and campus at which they were reported in attendance for the final six weeks of SY 2024–25. The Preliminary 2026 Accelerated Testers Student Listings will reflect which subject area the student is considered accelerated and if the student has a corresponding SAT or ACT on record.

The Texas Education Agency will release updates to the Texas Performance Reporting System (TPRS) on November 21, 2025. The release will feature expanded reporting and additional data components including:

• Attendance, Graduation, & Dropout Rates
• Graduation Profile
• Postsecondary Outcomes Yearly Details
• Postsecondary Outcomes Summary
• Postsecondary Outcomes Visualization
• Kindergarten Readiness
• Prekindergarten Effectiveness based on Kindergarten Readiness Assessments

The 2025 LRDV Manual and Discipline Data Validation Manual are posted on the Data Validation Manuals webpage. On November 21, 2025, all school systems may retrieve their LRDV reports by logging in to the TEAL Accountability application, and all indicators will be listed as “report only” for this school year. 2025 DDV reports will be available in TEAL on December 18, 2025. Reports can be found under the “Performance-Based Monitoring” tab. School systems can reference Tips for Conducting Local Reviews for guidance on conducting local reviews and are also encouraged to contact their Education Service Centers for support.

The 2025 SADV manual will be published on the Data Validation Manuals webpage on December 11, 2025, and the 2025 SADV reports will be released in TEAL on February 13, 2026.

For more information, please see the To the Administrator Addressed Correspondence on Leaver Records Data Validation Updates.

The final 2025-30 list of industry-based certifications (IBCs) for accountability is now available on the Industry-Based Certifications page of the TEA website. The new list of IBCs takes effect in the 2025-26 school year and will apply to accountability ratings issued in August 2027. In 2027, the 2022–2025 list will be subject to the sunsetting cap as the 2025–2030 list is implemented. As outlined in the Accountability Rating System Manual for 2026 Ratings, a campus can count no more than five graduates or 20% of its graduates (whichever is greater) toward CCMR credit, if those graduates meet CCMR criteria solely by earning a sunsetting IBC.

There are 523 IBCs on the final 2025-30 list, up from 309 on the 2022-25 list. Each IBC has been assigned a tier intended to signify its potential value to students and to serve as guidance for school system staff when selecting IBCs to align with the programs of study offered in their local school systems. The assigned tiers of the 2025-30 IBC list will not be used in accountability ratings until 2028 (pending the 2028 rulemaking process).

​For more information, please reference the To the Administrator Addressed Correspondence on Industry-Based Certification List for Public School Accountability.

TEA has shared that college prep providers were encouraged to resubmit their courses this fall for consideration to be included on the TEA Approved College Prep Course List for CCMR. The new list will be released next summer. Annual graduates from the class of 2027 and 2028 will be able to use the updated list of approved courses.

As part of House Bill 2, passed during the 89th Legislative Session, Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) will be recognized as a CTE program of study in the Law and Public Service career cluster beginning with the 2025-26 school year. This change is designed to enhance college, career, and military readiness across Texas.

The Results Driven Accountability (RDA) masked district reports and data download for the three program areas, including bilingual education/English as a second language/emergent bilingual (BE/ESL/EB), other special populations (OSP), and special education (SPED), are now published on the RDA – District Reports webpage. You may also find RDA data on the District Closing the Gaps tab of the Texas Education Agency - Accountability Reports. The special education reports also include results for significant disproportionality (SD). Information about these reports is contained in the 2025 RDA Chapter 12 and Appendix K of the 2025 Accountability Manual. For additional information on this release, please see the To the Administrator Addressed Correspondence on 2025 RDA: Public Reports, Determinations, and Monitoring.

For support, please contact Patti Garcia (pgarcia@esc14.net) or Cody Martin (cmartine@esc14.net).

The 2025-26 academic accountability data sources PEIMS fall-submission resource guide is now available! This guide presents a chart that provides the 2024-2025 TSDS PEIMS data sources and accepted values for College, Career, and Military Readiness (CCMR) indicators used in A-F Accountability collected during the 2025-2026 PEIMS Fall Submission, alongside their accompanying reports. This resource outlines CCMR Accountability data sources for the 2025-2026 PEIMS Fall Submission only. CCMR incorporates multiple data points from different collections.

TEA Performance Reporting invites all stakeholders to learn more about the 2028 A-F Refresh through the Refresh Roadshow (four-part webinar series). Slide deck resources and recordings will be posted on the Accountability System Development webpage following each part of the series.

Registration is open for Part 4.

Part 4: Propose Changes to Domain 3, Specific to Results-Driven Accountability Integration

• December 9, 2025, at 9 am-10 am
• December 10, 2025, at 3 pm- 4 pm

Email: kodell@esc14.net
Location: 1850 State Hwy 351, Abilene, TX 79601
Phone: (325)675-8690