ACCOUNTABILITY RATING STANDARDS FOR 2000

	Exemplary †	Recognized †	Academically Acceptable / Acceptable	Academically Unacceptable / Low-performing
*Base Indicator Standards*
Spring 2000 TAAS Reading Writing Mathematics	at least 90.0% passing each subject area (“all students” & each student group )*	at least 80.0% passing each subject area (“all students” & each student group )*	at least 50.0% passing each subject area (“all students” and each student group )*	below 50.0% passing any subject area (“all students” or any student group )*
1998-99 Dropout Rate	1.0% or less (“all students” and each student group )*	3.5% or less (“all students” and each student group )*	6.0% or less (“all students” and each student group )* ‡	above 6.0% (“all students” or any student group )* ‡
1998-99 Attendance Rate	at least 94.0% (grades 1-12) H	at least 94.0% (grades 1-12) H	at least 94.0% (grades 1-12)~	at least 94.0% (grades 1-12)~

† A district cannot be rated Exemplary or Recognized if it:

· has one or more Low-performing campuses; or

· has 1,000 or more, or 10.0% or more, 1998-99 students in grades 7-12 who were unreported on either the 1999-2000 PEIMS enrollment record or 1999-2000 PEIMS leaver record.

* Student groups are African American, Hispanic, White, and Economically Disadvantaged.

‡ If a district or campus would be rated Academically Unacceptable / Low-performing solely because of a dropout rate exceeding 6.0% for a single student group (not all students), then the district or campus will be rated Academically Acceptable / Acceptable if that single dropout rate is less than 10.0%, and has declined from the previous year.

H Districts may appeal to use 1999-2000 attendance rates if failure to meet the attendance rate standard is the sole reason that the district or one of its campuses did not earn the Exemplary or Recognized rating.

~ If failure to meet the attendance rate standard is the sole reason that a district would receive an accreditation status of Academically Unacceptable or a campus rating of Low-performing, then that requirement will be waived.

ADDITIONAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT STANDARDS FOR 2000

	Acknowledged	Does Not Qualify	Not Eligible	Not Applicable
*Class of 1999 College Admissions Tests*
Percent Tested	at least 70.0% of non-special education graduates must have taken the SAT I or ACT (“all students” & each student group)* AND ¯	fewer than 70.0% of non-special education graduates took the SAT I or ACT (“all students” & each student group)* OR ¯	schools rated Low-performing or Suspended: Data Inquiry and districts initially or finally rated Academically Unacceptable, Suspended: Data Inquiry, or Academically Unacceptable: Special Accreditation Investigation	schools and districts without graduates and schools rated under the alternative education accountability procedures
Percent Scoring at or above the Criterion Score SAT I: 1110 ACT Composite: 24	50.0% or more of examinees must have met or exceeded the criterion score (“all students” & each student group)*	fewer than 50.0% of examinees met or exceeded the criterion score (“all students” and each student group)*
*Class of 1999 TAAS / TASP Equivalency*
Percent Meeting TAAS Equivalency Standards: Reading: TLI >= X-81 Mathematics: TLI >= X-77 Writing: scale score >= 1540	at least 80.0% of first-time tested graduates must have met or exceeded the TAAS / TASP equivalency standard (“all students” & each student group**)	less than 80.0% of first-time tested graduates met or exceeded the TAAS / TASP equivalency standard (“all students” & each student group)	schools rated Low-performing or Suspended: Data Inquiry and districts initially or finally rated Academically Unacceptable, Suspended: Data Inquiry, or Academically Unacceptable: Special Accreditation Investigation	schools and districts without graduates and schools rated under the alternative education accountability procedures
*Class of 1999 Participation in the State Board of Education’s Recommended High School Program*
Percent of Graduates Completing Requirements for the SBOE’s: Recommended High School Program, OR Distinguished Achievement Program	at least 30.0% of total graduates must have met or exceeded RHSP or DAP requirements (“all students” & each student group**)	less than 30.0% of total graduates met or exceeded the RHSP or DAP requirements (“all students” & each student group**)	schools rated Low-performing or Suspended: Data Inquiry and districts initially or finally rated Academically Unacceptable, Suspended: Data Inquiry, or Academically Unacceptable: Special Accreditation Investigation	schools and districts without graduates and schools rated under the alternative education accountability procedures
*2000 Campus Comparable Improvement (Determined Separately for Reading and Mathematics)*
Comparable Improvement Quartile	Q1 AND ¯	Q2, Q3 or Q4 OR ¯	schools either initially or finally rated Low-performing and schools initially rated Suspended: Data Inquiry	schools not evaluated for Comparable Improvement and
Percent of High-Performing Students (Matched Test Takers Scoring a TLI >= 85 in the Prior Year)	50.0% or more	fewer than 50.0%		schools rated under the alternative education accountability procedures

* Student groups are African American, Hispanic, and White.

** Student groups are African American, Hispanic, White, and Economically Disadvantaged.

ACCOUNTABILITY RATING STANDARDS FOR 2000

Spring 2000 TAAS

Acknowledged