This Week in Performance Reporting: March 26, 2021

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What’s New in Performance Reporting

A–F Accountability

Performance Reporting will release several products in TEA Login (TEAL) Accountability next week.

As a reminder, district staff need a TEAL account to view confidential student listings and reports. You can request access on the TEAL Login Page. If you have any issues creating a TEAL account, please submit a request for assistance through the TEA Help Desk.

Product	Description	Date
Alternative Education Accountability (AEA) Preregistered List and Registration	Campuses newly eligible for AEA are automatically preregistered for 2021. Alternative education campuses (AECs) that were registered for AEA in 2020 and continue to meet eligibility are automatically reregistered for 2021. Campuses must meet either the 75 percent at-risk criterion or the prior-year TSDS PEIMS at-risk safeguard provision. Additionally, campuses must have at least 90 percent of their students enrolled in grades 6–12, as verified through 2020–21 PEIMS fall enrollment data.	March 29 – April 9, 2021
Release 1 of 2: 2021 College, Career, and Military Readiness (CCMR) Tracker	This tracking tool provides districts with an early preview of CCMR status for students who were in grades 9–12 for the 2020–21 PEIMS snapshot. As a reminder, these data lag. No corrections will be submitted to TEA. This report is for informational purposes only.	March 31, 2021
Accelerated Testers Final Listing	Students who complete a STAAR EOC at the Approaches Grade Level or above standard in Algebra I, English II, and/or Biology prior to grade 9 must fulfill federal testing requirements by taking a corresponding subject area SAT or ACT while in high school. The final listing attributes students to where they were enrolled in grade 12 for the 2020–21 PEIMS snapshot.	April 2, 2021

Local Accountability System

The Local Accountability Guide and Frequently Asked Questions provide information about plan requirement and example components. They can both be found on the local accountability webpage.

Districts wishing to learn more about the local accountability system and how to develop a district local accountability plan can participate in an hour-long overview webinar with time for Q & A.

Registration links are available for upcoming webinar dates in March and April. The webinar schedule through August 2021 is available here.

Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at 9 am

Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 10 am

Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 3 pm

Friday, April 30, 2021 at 12 pm

Please contact the local accountability system team at LAS@tea.texas.gov for additional information or to set up a virtual meeting to discuss specifics related to your district.

Assessment Scoring and Reporting Update

The 2021 STAAR Grades 3-8 Reporting Student Data File Format and 2021 STAAR End-of-Course Reporting Student Data File Format have been posted here.

The Student Portal is updated on a bi-monthly basis to reflect changes submitted by districts. The raw score to scale score conversion tables are posted here.

For the spring 2021 STAAR administrations, certain grade- and subject-level tests have online forms that do not include PNP options. Should a student start an online test without PNP and need to have PNP added, the previously started test must be reset. The system will restrict making PNP changes that require a test form change. Should you need to make a change to PNP after a test has been started but are restricted from doing so, you will need to contact the Texas Assessment Support Center and request a test reset. These test resets, which involve a test form change, will nullify any responses previously provided by a student on that test. Therefore, it is very important to verify PNP settings prior to the start of an online test.

Districts can opt in to receive printed STAAR Alternate 2, TELPAS, and TELPAS Alternate report cards through the Assessment Management System. The deadline to opt in for printed STAAR Alternate 2 report cards is May 7, 2021. The deadline to opt in for printed TELPAS report cards and TELPAS Alternate report cards is May 29, 2021. Districts that do not opt in will not receive printed report cards. 

For questions or help with accessing and interpreting STAAR results, districts and parents can email assessment.reporting@tea.texas.gov or call (512) 463-9704.

Did You Know?

The data in the CCMR Tracker lag. While the 2021 CCMR Tracker will contain students who were in grades 9–12 on the 2020–21 PEIMS snapshot, the 2021 version will not contain results from school year 2020–21 as those data have yet to be reported.

The 2021 CCMR Tracker will be released in two stages this year.

• March 31, 2021: CCMR outcomes reported though TSDS PEIMS, TSIA results, and OnRamps course completion through the 2019–20 school year
• July 2021: CCMR outcomes for SAT, ACT, AP, IB, and level I/II certificates through the 2019–20 school year

The table below provides the years included in the first release of the 2021 CCMR Tracker for each indicator.

Indicator	Data Reported for the First Release
ACT college admissions test	Tests from grade 9 through July 2019 administration
AP examination	Tests from grade 9 through May 2019 administration
IB examination	Tests from grade 9 through May 2019 administration
TSI assessment	Tests from June 2011 through October 2020 administration
SAT college admissions test	Tests from grade 9 through June 2019 administration
OnRamps dual enrollment course completion	Courses completed from grade 9 through 2019–20 school year
Level I and Level II certificates	Certificates earned from grade 9 through 2018–19 school year
Dual credit course completion	Courses completed from grade 9 through 2019–20 school year
Industry-based certification	Certifications earned from grade 9 through August 31, 2020
Associate degree	Degrees earned from grade 9 through 2019–20 school year
College prep course	Courses completed from grade 9 through 2019–20 school year

Performance Reporting Calendar

March 29–April 9: 2021 Alternative Education Accountability (AEA) Auto-Registration Process in TEAL

March 31: First 2021 College, Career, and Military Readiness Tracker Release in TEAL

April 2: Final 2021 Accelerated Testers Listing Release in TEAL

April 16–May 17: 2021 Accountability Manual Public Comment Period

April 26–May 7: 2021 Campus Pairing Process in TEAL

Late May: 2020 Annual Graduates CCMR Verifier Release in TEAL

July: Second 2021 CCMR Tracker Release in TEAL