House Bill (HB) 2804 Implementation
House Bill (HB) 2804, passed by the 84th Texas Legislature (2015), requires changes to the state public school accountability system.
It creates five domains of indicators that will be used to evaluate districts and campuses regarding three goals:
- Preparing students for postsecondary success
- Reducing achievement gaps among students from different racial and ethnic groups and socioeconomic backgrounds
- Informing parents and the community about district and campus performance
The bill also creates A–F rating labels to describe district and campus performance. Districts and campuses will receive a rating of A, B, C, D, or F for performance in each of the five domains and for overall performance.
The bill requires the agency to release a report to the Texas Legislature by January 1, 2017, showing the ratings that each district and campus would have received for Domains I–IV for the 2015–16 school year if the A–F rating system had been in place. A PDF of the report that was released to the Texas Legislature on Friday, December 30, 2016, and an Excel spreadsheet of the ratings are available at the links below.
Please note that the Met Standard/Improvement Required ratings issued in August 2016 and updated in November 2016 are the official academic accountability ratings for the 2015–16 school year (and a similar process will be used for the 2016–17 school year). The ratings in this report are for informational purposes to meet a legislative requirement and represent work-in-progress models that are likely to change before A–F ratings become effective in August 2018. No inferences about official district or campus performance in the 2015–16 school year should be drawn from these ratings, and these ratings should not be considered predictors of future district or campus performance ratings.
2015–16 A–F Ratings Report (PDF)
2015–16 A–F Ratings (Excel)
2015–16 A–F Ratings (PDF)
Finally, HB 2804 established the fifteen-member Texas Commission on Next Generation Assessments and Accountability (Next-Generation Commission) to develop recommendations for new systems of student assessment and public school accountability.
Two existing accountability advisory committees will make recommendations to the commissioner for the development and implementation of the new accountability system. The Accountability Technical Advisory Committee (ATAC), comprised of representatives from school districts and regional education service centers, makes recommendations for major policy and technical issues. The Accountability Policy Advisory Committee (APAC), comprised of representatives from legislative offices, school districts, and the business community, identifies issues critical to the accountability system and reviews the ATAC recommendations. The new accountability system is scheduled to be implemented in the 2017–18 school year.
This page contains links to the materials that each committee uses to develop its recommendations for the implementation of HB 2804. Please note that these materials are for informational purposes only and do not reflect the final recommendations of ATAC, APAC, or the Next-Generation Commission, nor do they predict the final outcomes of this process.
All links are PDF downloads unless otherwise stated.
January 24, 2017, Meeting of APAC
- APAC Meeting Agenda for January 24, 2017
- Commissioner’s Update on A–F Accountability Model
- A–F Overview
- Domain I Methodology
- Domain II Methodology
- Domain III Methodology
- A–F List of Indicators
- Collecting CaSE Ratings and Letter Grades for Accountability
- Texas Education Data Standards Military Enlistment Indicator
- Texas Education Data Standards College-Career Instruction Indicator
- Domain IV Methodology
- TAA Letter: Feedback Request for Certification and Certificates
- APAC Meeting Summary for January 24, 2017
January 11, 2017, Meeting of ATAC
- ATAC Meeting Agenda for January 11, 2017
- 2015–16 A–F Ratings Report
- Domain I Methodology
- Domain III Methodology
- A–F List of Indicators
- Collecting CaSE Ratings and Letter Grades for Accountability
- Texas Education Data Standards Military Enlistment Indicator
- Texas Education Data Standards College-Career Instruction Indicator
- Domain IV Methodology
- A–F Overview
- ATAC Meeting Summary for January 11, 2017
November 14, 2016, Meeting of APAC
- APAC Meeting Agenda for November 14, 2016
- HB 2804 Domains of Indicators
- Accountability Implementation Timelines
- 60x30TX Strategic Plan from THECB
- Domain I and III Data, 2015 and 2016
- Requirements for Provisional A–F Report
- A–F List of Indicators (updated November 14, 2016)
- Domain III and IV Models
- Domain I Model
- Domain II Model
- Doman I Typical Outcomes (For Discussion)
- STAAR Performance Domains Calculation Tables
- Domain I Sample Regression
- Sample A–F Report Domains I–III
- Domain I Before and After Improvement Credit
- Overall Domain I and III, Options A and B
- Reporting Request for Industry-based Certifications and Certificates
- Collecting CaSE Ratings and Letter Grades for Accountability
- APAC Meeting Summary for November 14, 2016
September 26–27, 2016, Meeting of ATAC
- ATAC Meeting Agenda for September 26–27, 2016
- Accountability Implementation Timelines
- A–F Accountability System Development for 2017–18 and Beyond, Options for Domain I–IV Models
- Domain Modelling Data
- Reporting Request for Industry-based Certifications and Certificates
- A–F List of Indicators
- Requirements for Provisional A–F Report
- Outline of Provisional A–F Ratings Report
- ATAC Meeting Summary for September 26–27, 2016
May 18, 2016, Meeting of ATAC
- ATAC Meeting Agenda for May 18, 2016
- STAAR Grades 5 and 8 Mathematics and Reading Online Testing Issues (TEA Correspondence, April 20, 2016)
- Use of Test Results Affected by March 2016 STAAR Online Testing Issues (TEA Correspondence, April 29, 2016)
- Implementation of House Bill 2804 – Domain IV Indicators
- 2016–17 Texas Education Data Standards Section 3.4 – Student Category Description of Data Elements (Element ID: E1574)
- HB 2804 Domains of Indicators
- HB 2804 Summary
- Timeline for Establishing New PEIMS Data Standards
- Collecting CaSE Ratings and Letter Grades for Accountability
- 2016–17 Texas Education Data Standards (TEDS), Appendix J
- Choosing the Right Growth Measure (outside source)
- ATAC Meeting Summary for May 18, 2016
March 1, 2016, Meeting of ATAC
- ATAC Meeting Agenda for March 1, 2016
- Domain IV Indicators Required by HB 2804
- Timeline for Establishing New PEIMS Data Standards
- Collecting CaSE Ratings and Letter Grades for Accountability
- Survey Data in Accountability and Evaluation Systems
- Domain I Model, Flowchart
- Domain I Matrix Model Proposal
- Domain II Model, Flowchart
- Domain II Distribution Graphs and Tables
- Domain III Model, Flowchart
- Domain III Graph, Average of Three Gap Groups From 60 Percent
- Domain III Frequency Tables, Average of Three Gap Groups From 60 Percent
- Domain III Aggregated Gap Model
- ATAC Meeting Summary for March 1, 2016
January 22, 2016, Meeting of APAC
- Texas Commission on Next Generation Assessments and Accountability Membership
- Texas Commission on Next Generation Assessments and Accountability Meeting Dates
- ATAC Meeting Summary for December 2–3, 2015
- Accountability System Development for 2017–18 and Beyond
- HB 2804 Domains of Indicators
- HB 2804 Summary
- TREx Data Element Descriptions for Discussion
- Collecting CaSE Ratings and Letter Grades for Accountability
- A–F Ratings in Other States—Summary
- A–F Ratings in Other States—State by State
- APAC Meeting Summary for January 22, 2016
December 2–3, 2015, Meeting of ATAC
- Texas Commission on Next Generation Assessments and Accountability Membership
- APAC Meeting Summary for October 26, 2015
- HB 2804 Domains of Indicators
- HB 2804 Summary
- Accountability System Development for 2017–18 and Beyond
- Rethinking The Use Of Simple Achievement Gap Measures In School Accountability Systems (outside source)
- A–F Ratings in Other States—Summary
- A–F Ratings in Other States—State by State
- ATAC Meeting Summary for December 2–3, 2015
October 26, 2015, Meeting of APAC
- Options for New Indicators (For Discussion)
- Side-by-Side Comparison: Indices and Domains
- APAC Meeting Summary for October 26, 2015
- Preview of TEC Chapter 39
- HB 2804 Domains of Indicators
- HB 2804 Summary
- ATAC Meeting Summary for September 28–29, 2015
September 28–29, 2015, Meeting of ATAC
Performance Reporting
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