2021 Optional Alternative Evaluation Data Now Available

Texas Education Agency

September 15, 2021

Superintendent's Bulletin

To the Superintendent Addressed:

The 2021 optional alternative evaluation data, as prescribed by Senate Bill (SB) 1365 (87th Texas Legislature), for eligible campuses are now available in the Texas Education Agency Login (TEAL) Accountability application. SB 1365 established a 2021 alternative evaluation option for campuses that met participation requirements in 2021 and earned an unacceptable rating for the most recent year they were rated.

2021 Optional Alternative Evaluation Data

The data released today includes the following for SB 1365 campuses: the most recent SB 1365 eligible rating, the year of such rating, and the 2021 participation rate across all subjects. If the campus meets both the rating and 95 percent participation requirements, scaled scores for the Student Achievement and School Progress, Part B: Relative Performance domains are displayed along with the averaged, overall score. If the overall scaled score is at least a 70, the campus is eligible to receive a 2021 Acceptable rating.

To receive the 2021 Acceptable rating, districts/open-enrollment charter schools must submit a request certified by the superintendent via the 2021 Optional Alternative Evaluation Request System in TEAL Accountability between September 15 and October 15, 2021. If a request is not submitted for an eligible campus, the Acceptable rating will not be applied.

Appeal of Consecutive Years of Unacceptable Performance

Under SB 1365, districts/open-enrollment charter schools may also file an appeal for the determination of consecutive school years of unacceptable performance ratings under TEC, §39.054 for the district, open-enrollment charter school, and/or campus. This appeal must be filed through the TEAL 2021 Consecutive School Years of Unacceptable Ratings Appeal System by October 15. Documentation supporting such an appeal is required, and the appeal must follow the guidelines provided in the Guidelines for the 2021 Appeal of Consecutive School Years of Unacceptable Performance Ratings.

What’s Next?

 Date

 Activity

September 15

2021 Optional Alternative Evaluation Request System and 2021 Consecutive School Years of Unacceptable Ratings Appeal System opens (TEAL)

October 15
(5 p.m.)

2021 Optional Alternative Evaluation Request System and 2021 Consecutive School Years of Unacceptable Ratings Appeal System closes (TEAL)

November 15

TEA updates and publishes Acceptable ratings for campuses that met the SB 1365 eligibility criteria as well as the evaluation criteria adopted in TAC, §97.1006 and opted into the alternative evaluation

 

How to Access the TEAL Accountability Application

For additional information, please view the 2021 Alternative Evaluation FAQs on the Performance Reporting Resources webpage.

If you have further questions about the 2021 optional alternative evaluation process or the consecutive years of unacceptable performance appeal, please reach out to Performance Reporting at (512) 463-9704 or performance.reporting@tea.texas.gov.  

Thank you.

Performance Reporting Division
512.463.9704
Performance.Reporting@tea.texas.gov 
http://tea.texas.gov/accountability/