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Region 10 TX Assessment and Accountability Info: 1/17/23
Preliminary A-F 2023 Cut Scores
What's in this issue: 1 Page 2023 Cut Scores and Scaling Resources, Webinar and 411's Registration Links, Self-Reported Data Compliance Reviews, Final 2020 College, Career, or Military Readiness Outcomes Bonus Listing, Federal Report Card Requirements, Dec. 8 Updated Industry Based Certification List, TFAR Educator Guide and FAQ
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TEA Federal Report Card Dissemination Requirement Jan. 5
Federal Report Card
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), requires each State education agency to prepare and publish an annual report card with state-, local education agency (LEA)- and campus-level data. The Federal Report Card data for 2021-2022 are now available.
Dissemination Requirement
Each LEA that receives Title I, Part A funding is responsible for disseminating the state-, LEA- and campus-level report cards to 1) all LEA campuses, 2) parents of all enrolled students, and 3) the general public via widely available public means, such as posting on the Internet, distribution to the media, or distribution through public agencies.
At a minimum, the LEA must—
- Post direct links to the State, LEA, and campus report cards on its web site;
- Notify parents of all students about the availability of the report cards and the options for obtaining them;
- Provide appropriate translation (either oral or written) upon request;
- Make hard copies available to parents upon request; and
- Make hard copies available for viewing in public locations.
Sample parent notification letters in English and Spanish that LEAs may customize are available on the TEA Federal Report Card Web Page. TEA strongly encourages LEAs to translate the sample letter in a language and format that all parents can understand.
LEAs are not required to use the sample parent notification letters, but they must make the federal report card information readily accessible to the public, and LEAs must notify parents of the availability of the federal report card information no later than Thursday, March 2, 2023.
Contact Information
Questions related to the dissemination requirement should be directed to the Federal Program Compliance Division at ESSASupport@tea.texas.gov, or 512-463-9499.
Questions related to the data contained in the report should be directed to the Performance Reporting Division at Performance.Reporting@tea.texas.gov, or 512-463-9704.
❓ What is TPRS? Is it the same as TAPR?
The Texas Performance Reporting System (TPRS) integrates state and federal reporting requirements into a single reporting system that can be viewed at the campus, district, region, and state level. As the most comprehensive reporting system published by TEA, TPRS provides additional performance reports, results, and indicators for student groups not previously reported on state accountability data tables, the Texas Academic Performance Reports (TAPR), or the School Report Card. TPRS is the enhanced online version of TAPR. It has been recently updated with Remote vs. In-Person Data. TEAL Accountability application will show you unmasked data.
The TPRS Glossary provides definitions, describes methodologies, and lists sources for each tab in the TPRS system.
❓ Where can I find my past CCMR Verifier information?
TEA provides a final VERIFIER file as the LISTING file a few weeks after the Verifier window has closed in TEAL Accountability.
❓ What is the character limit for TELPAS writing items?
Constructed Response Items
1,000 character limit
Sentence Rewrite Items
100 character count limit
❓ Has the time limit for STAAR testing changed?
TEA is removing the maximum time allowed for STAAR assessments based on feedback from educators, parents, and students, as well as other changes to the program.
Districts will no longer have to stop students from testing after a four- or five-hour testing period. Students are expected to complete STAAR tests in about three hours. Any students who are still testing after four hours should be consolidated into a general testing area to continue testing. Students may continue testing until the end of the school day.
❓ What is the character count limit for the extended constructed response?
Reading SCR will be 475
Writing SCR will be 475
ECR will be 2300
❓ Who can make changes to AskTED?
The TED Administrator, you can find out who this is on AskTED. Search by District, Personnel, Include Other District Roles, TED Administrator.
👉 Charter Schools should use the New All In One Charter Information Form to make AskTED requests.
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1) Are you seeing an increase in substance use in your district? Join us on Friday, January 27th from 9:30-11:30 AM as we dive into current drug trends with Timothy Jackson, NTBH, LCDC, OSAR Team Lead.
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ACCOUNTABILITY Spotlight
This Week in Performance Reporting Jan. 13
What’s New in Performance Reporting
A–F Accountability
Self-Reported Data Compliance Reviews
In early December 2022, TEA’s Self-Reported Data Unit (SRDU) issued notices to multiple LEAs throughout the state related to data used in the calculation of the LEA’s preliminary state accountability rating. Notices were issued when an LEA was identified as having data that fell outside of an expected range. These data variances necessitated a more comprehensive review by SRDU that included asking each LEA for clarification and documentation in order to validate the data outliers and ensure that the preliminary accountability ratings were accurate. Additionally, instead of these LEAs receiving a final accountability rating when final ratings were issued in December 2022, these LEAs received a temporary “Not Rated: Data Under Review” designation on the TXschools.gov website and in each LEA’s TAPR report. This temporary rating label change was required by the 2022 Accountability Manual due to the ongoing data reviews.
Importantly, the ongoing review and assignment of the temporary “Not Rated: Data Under Review” designation are NOT indicative of inaccurate data and do NOT signify that any wrongdoing occurred. In other words, at this time no misconduct is suspected by the LEAs that were issued SRDU compliance review letters. For more information on these compliance reviews along with answers to frequently asked questions, please visit the Self-Reported Data Compliance Review page.
Please note, to provide more clarity around the “Not Rated: Data Under Review” label, TEA’s Performance Reporting Division will also be updating the rating labels to provide an annotation on TAPR and TXchools.gov to “Not Rated: Data Under Review: Rating is pending while data is reviewed by TEA. Learn more here."
Final 2020 College, Career, or Military Readiness Outcomes Bonus Listing
The Final 2020 Annual Graduates College, Career, or Military Readiness Outcomes Bonus (CCMR OB) Student Listings and explanatory materials are available in the House Bill 3 tab of the TEA Login (TEAL) Accountability application. Please note that the data in these reports are confidential.
Data related to enrollment in institutions of higher education were updated from estimates of enrollment to actual enrollment. This listing is considered final and was used by the State Funding Division to settle up fiscal year 2021–2022 CCMR OB funding. The Summary of Finance (SOF) reports will display the count of annual graduates in excess of the thresholds adopted in the Texas Administrative Code, Section 74.1007 for the three cohorts: annual graduates who are educationally disadvantaged (economically disadvantaged), annual graduates who are not educationally disadvantaged, and annual graduates who are enrolled in a special education program.
An overview of funding generated by graduates from the Class of 2019 and 2020 is posted at the following link. A downloadable spreadsheet of 2020 graduates by district that met CCMR OB criteria is available and additional information on CCMR OB criteria is listed on the Performance Reporting Resources page.
Assessment Scoring and Reporting
Secure Browser Version 15.5
An updated version of the Secure Browser, version 15.5, for MacOS 13 (Ventura) is now available on the Secure Browsers page of the Texas Assessment website. This updated version of the Secure Browser will accommodate the permissive mode feature. Any districts using testing devices with MacOS 13 will need to update their Secure Browser application no later than Tuesday, January 17, 2023.
December 2022 STAAR Administration
Early student results from the December 2022 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®) will be available in the Centralized Reporting System (CRS) for district testing coordinators beginning January 9, 2023. An early data file was posted to the district coordinator’s inbox in the Test Information Distribution Engine (TIDE) on January 7, 2023. Early student results will be available in CRS for other authorized users, including teachers with rosters, on January 12. District personnel can use these early results to review student’s performance for satisfying graduation requirements or retesting during the spring 2023 STAAR administration. These early results are for student-level information not district or campus accountability reporting. Preliminary assessment reports for accountability—including data files, summary reports, rosters, student report cards, and labels—will be delivered on January 19.
Spring 2023 STAAR Administration
- Register Testers for STAAR End-of-Course (EOC) Assessments
To register testers for spring STAAR EOC assessments, districts must complete the two tasks below by January 18, 2023.
- First-time testers must be registered in TIDE and have their Spring EOC Eligibility fields set to “Yes”.
- For retesters, CAI will set the Retester flag and set the Spring EOC Eligibility fields to “Yes”. This information will be updated on January 18 for students who previously took a STAAR assessment and did not meet the passing standard.
- Districts Register OOS and OOD Test Sites
The STAAR Out-of-School and Out-of-District Test Site Registration Form for the spring 2023 STAAR administration is available now through January 20, 2023. Districts must register each participating OOD and OOS test site for the spring administration in the test site registration form.
Spring 2023 TELPAS Administration
- Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) Training
TELPAS online training modules are now available in the Learning Management System (LMS). These modules are designed for holistic raters and include basic training, assembling, and verifying. For training requirements, raters should refer to the TELPAS Rater Manual available in the District and Campus Coordinator Resources.
- Additional Order of Paper Test Materials
If needed based on initial orders received, districts may order additional paper test materials during the window of January 13–February 27, 2023. Districts will select the specific paper materials management option available in the Administration Task drop down in TIDE.
Family Portal Updates
As a reminder, the new Family Portal was launched on January 2, 2023, and is available for parents to view test scores for the Texas Assessment Program.
Results for the December 2022 STAAR administration are scheduled to be available in the new Family Portal on January 24, 2023. Parents may use the same confidential student access codes they have used in the past as these codes have not changed with the new portal. However, district staff now have the ability to look up student access codes since the Family Portal is integrated with other Cambium systems. For more information about this feature, refer to the TIDE Overview training module in LMS.
Districts may provide parents with access to the Family Portal by enabling the single sign-on (SSO) feature in its Student Information System (SIS). To enable SSO integration with the Family Portal, refer to the new Family Portal card on the Testing Personnel page of the Texas Assessment website. Districts should also ensure that references to the Family Portal use the new URL: https://www.TXFamilyPortal.org.
For questions or assistance regarding the information in this communication, contact Texas Testing Support at 833-601-8821, TexasTestingSupport@cambiumassessment.com, or TexasAssessment.gov via live chat.
Performance Reporting Calendar
January 19: 2021–22 School Report Card (SRC) released
February: Updated 2023 A–F System Framework Release
April-May: What If Report (TEAL and Public Web) Release
April-May: Preliminary 2023 Accountability Manual Release
August 2023: Final 2023 Accountability Manual (All Chapters and Appendices) Release
September 2023: Accountability ratings under the refreshed system released
ASSESSMENT Spotlight
UIL and Testing Full Amendment Jan. 10
New Trainings in the LMS (Learning Management System) under “Preparing for Testing”
Getting Students Familiar with the Online Platform!
Beginning of the Year Assessments
Texas Formative Assessment Resource
Released Practice Tests – New updated tests to be posted soon!
STAAR RELEASED TESTS
Released versions of the 2022 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®) are now available in the Test Delivery System (TDS) Student Practice Site. PDF copies of the 2022 STAAR tests will be posted on the Texas Education Agency website soon.
Technology Requirements for the Texas Assessment Program
Go to https://www.texasassessment.gov/testing-personnel.html and it is listed under “Prepare for Testing Activities”.
STAAR Interim Assessments
STAAR Interim Assessments, an optional online tool to help educators monitor progress and predict student performance on STAAR, will be available during the 2022–23 school year for all STAAR tested grades/subjects and courses. Interim assessments are full-scope tests designed to be administered one to two times during the school year, depending on the content area. Interim assessments will include new item types that will appear on STAAR in Spring 2023, except for constructed response questions because they are not machine-scorable. Windows for administering interim assessments can be found in the table below.
KEY DATES FOR INTERIM ASSESSMENTS
August 22, 2022–April 7, 2023 LEAs register students
November 7, 2022–April 14, 2023 Administration Window 2: Science and Social Studies Tests Grade 5 science, Spanish grade 5 science, grade 8 science, grade 8 social studies, biology, and U.S. history
January 10, 2023–April 14, 2023 Administration Window 3: RLA and Math Tests #2
Grades 3–8 RLA, Spanish grades 3–5 RLA, grades 3–8 mathematics, Spanish grades 3–5 mathematics, algebra I, English I, and English II
Texas Formative Assessment Resource (TFAR)
TFAR is a free, optional platform used by educators to create, administer, analyze, and share formative assessments. Teachers will be able to analyze the results of these formative assessments to help inform instructional choices such as making immediate lesson plan adjustments or providing specific interventions for students at the level of individual standards.
TFAR is meant to supplement and support existing LEA resources and formative assessment practices. Assessments created in TFAR should be combined with a broader set of classroom formative practices that are part of a coherent instructional framework.
Additionally, formative assessments from select, high quality instructional materials (HQIM) with an open education license will be available to administer through the same online test administration system as assessments created using TFAR. Assessments from math and RLA curricula, grades K-5, will be prioritized, and other, select curricula’s assessments will be released on a rolling basis. More information about which HQIM products’ tests will be available in the online system and the release dates of these tests will be available in the fall.
STAAR Redesign 2022-2023
❓ How will a student qualify for a paper test?
TELPAS Spotlight
Redesign of TELPAS Reading and Writing
Based on input from educators, the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) reading and writing domains will be combined in an online test for students in grades 2–12 this year.
Because of this new standardized version of a writing assessment, districts will no longer need to holistically rate writing samples for students in grades 2–12.
Students in kindergarten and grade 1 will continue to be holistically rated in all four language domains—listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Where can students and staff find practice?
Go to:
For specific TELPAS questions contact
Kimberly Northcutt kimberly.northcutt@region10.org
CCMR Spotlight
13th Annual College Fair Jan. 28th
TEA Final 2020 CCMR Outcome Bonus Student Listings Now Available Jan. 4
This correspondence is to notify you that the Final 2020 Annual Graduates College, Career, or Military Readiness Outcomes Bonus (CCMR OB) Student Listings and explanatory materials are now available in the House Bill 3 tab of the TEA Login (TEAL) Accountability application.
Data related to enrollment in institutes of higher education were updated from estimates of enrollment to actual enrollment. This listing is considered final and was used by the State Funding Division to settle up fiscal year 2021–2022 CCMR OB funding. Please note that the data in these reports are confidential.
The Summary of Finance (SOF) reports reflect funding based on the count of annual graduates in excess of the thresholds for the three cohorts: annual graduates who are educationally disadvantaged (economically disadvantaged), annual graduates who are not educationally disadvantaged, and annual graduates who are enrolled in a special education program.
For Further Information
Additional information on CCMR OB criteria is available on the Performance Reporting Resources page.
If you have questions regarding CCMR OB criteria or student listings, please contact TEA’s Performance Reporting Division at (512) 463-9704 or performance.reporting@tea.texas.gov.
For questions regarding funding, please contact the State Funding Division at (512) 463-9238 or sfinance@tea.texas.gov.
❓ Where can I find resources related to the College, Career, and Military Readiness component?
The Performance Reporting Resources webpage has a tab dedicated to College, Career, and Military Readiness (CCMR) resources. Visit this tab under the Frequently Asked Questions Documents section to learn more about CCMR data sources and how CCMR in accountability and the CCMR Outcomes Bonus differ. You may also view related webinar recordings under the Webinar Recordings section.
ADVANCED ACADEMICS Spotlight
1-Hour Zoom Sessions on Resources to Support ACT, SAT, & TSIA2
TEKS Alignment for SAT & ACT
Targeting the TSIA2
Texas College Bridge Updates
• Launching in January 2023: The required essay for completion of the College Prep English course via Texas College Bridge will now be in EdReady! Students will have the ability to write and submit the essay directly from their EdReady study path. Teachers will provide feedback and grade the essay directly in EdReady.
• The Group Summary Report allows you to monitor student progress and completion.
• Check out the FAQ document!
• Check out the newly-created PEIMS guidance document!
There is a verification process in TEAL for the SAT and ACT college preparation assessment reimbursements. This verification process has occurred in November/December in the past.
Here is past TEA communication:
TEA will release the ACT/SAT testing data to districts in TEAL for districts to review, verify and submit for reimbursement. The person responsible for this project must have Accountability-level access in TEAL. Only the Superintendent can grant this level of access in TEAL.
In the TEAL application, districts will need to review the following four categories:
- School Day – Matched: This link is an Excel file that districts may download, review and keep for record-retention. TEA assumes that if a student tested in the school day environment, the district paid for the cost of the exam at the state-negotiated rate and is eligible for reimbursement. *
- *Since the School Day – Matched students are automatically considered for reimbursement, districts whose students did take a school day assessment but did not pay for their students must opt out. This is not needed for districts that want to be reimbursed for national day students.
- National Day – Matched: This link provides access to an application where districts SELECT the students for whom the district paid and who tested on a national testing day. Districts must ADD the 10-Digit Student ID. To be eligible for reimbursement, districts must identify students and verify the district paid for the cost of the exam.
- School Day/National Day – Unmatched: This link provides access to an application where districts SELECT the students for whom the district paid and who tested on a national or school testing day. Districts must ADD the 10-Digit Student ID. To be eligible for reimbursement, districts must identify students and verify the district paid for the cost of the exam.
- Not Represented: Any student for whom the district paid for an assessment and is not found in any of the above categories. The district will have the opportunity to submit the student for a reimbursement request while the TEAL application is open.
CTE Spotlight
For specific CCMR related questions contact:
Jennifer Gunn, Advanced Academics jennifer.Gunn@region10.org
Julie Anderson, CTE julie.anderson@region10.org
Commissioner of Education Rule Filings Jan. 13
Summary: The adopted amendments to §89.1080 and §89.1195 provide updates and clarifications regarding special education complaints. The amendments were adopted with changes since published as proposed.
Effective Date: January 18, 2023
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
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