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Academic
Excellence Indicator System Reports (AEIS)
The AEIS reports pull together a wide range of information
on the performance of students in each school and district
in Texas every year. These reports are posted online
in the fall.
Accountability
Ratings
Texas annually rates its public schools and districts on the academic
performance of their students.
Adequate Yearly
Progress
Under the accountability provisions in the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act,
all public school campuses, school districts, and the state are evaluated for
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). The state plan for meeting federal AYP
requirements and related information are available online.
Alternative Education Accountability (AEA)
Under the state accountability system, alternative education campuses have the
option to be evaluated under alternative education accountability (AEA) procedures
and receive accountability ratings based on different performance standards and
indicators/measures than those used for regular campuses.
Blue Ribbon
Schools
The Secretary of Education has established the No Child Left Behind --
Blue Ribbon Schools Program to recognize and present as models those elementary
and secondary schools in the United States that make significant progress in
closing the achievement gap or whose students achieve at very high levels.
Division
of Accountability Research
The Division of Accountability Research publishes annual
reports on secondary school completion and dropouts,
grade-level retention, college entrance examinations
(SAT and ACT), and Advanced Placement and International
Baccalaureate examinations, and a biennial report on
enrollment trends. The division also publishes the Comprehensive
Annual Report to the legislature on Texas public schools.
In addition, the division is responsible for governance
of data submissions to the Texas Education Agency.
Dropout
Prevention
Information on effective dropout prevention programs and practices, availability
of funding for dropout prevention and recovery programs, and other related
resources for enabling local schools to implement effective dropout prevention
and recovery efforts and help all students to earn a high school diploma.
Performance Reporting
Division
Performance Reporting is responsible for determining district and school
accountability ratings as well as Gold Performance Acknowledgments. It also
produces the Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS) reports, Snapshot,
Pocket Edition, and the School Report Card.
Performance-Based
Monitoring
The Division of Performance-Based Monitoring is responsible
for developing performance-based indicators and elements
that will facilitate a coordinated approach to the monitoring
of local education agencies. The specific functions
of the division include developing indicators, reviewing
district and campus performance data, identifying risk
areas, and coordinating with other agency divisions
to ensure the effective implementation of a data-driven,
risk-based monitoring system focused on improving student
performance.
Registration for External Providers of School Board Member Training
Information on how to become a registered provider of School Board member training
for Texas large number of Independent School Districts, as well as for Charter
School Board members and school officers.
Research
and Evaluation Division (now Division of Accountability
Research)
School
Board Member Training
The State Board of Education (SBOE) shall adopt a framework
for governance leadership to be used in structuring
continuing education of school board members. The continuing
education required applies to each member of an independent
school district board of trustees. The continuing education
requirement consists of orientation sessions, an annual
team building session with the local boards and the
superintendent, and specified hours of continuing education
based on identified needs. The continuing education
sessions may be provided by ESCs or other registered
providers.
School
Report Cards
The School Report Cards provide a subset of the information
available in the AEIS reports on the performance of
students at public schools.
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This page last updated
September 18, 2009
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