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Learning Progress Measures
Ensuring ALL Students Make Progress and Attain Higher Levels of Achievement
Introduction In 2009, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill (HB) 3 mandating the
creation of entirely new assessment and accountability systems focused on
the achievement of postsecondary readiness for all Texas public school
students. The new accountability system allows for a large number of
measures to be evaluated within a performance index framework,
eliminating the limitations of a single indicator determining the rating.
For 2014 and beyond, an accountability framework of four performance
indexes will continue to provide a comprehensive evaluation of public
education at campuses and districts across Texas. The accountability
framework offers four measures of campus and district performance that
communicate strengths and areas in need of improvement.
Forty six percent of campuses that received a rating of Improvement
Required (IR) across the state did not meet Index 2. Therefore, Index 2
(which measures year-to-year student progress and performance
expectations) presents new and unique challenges for schools throughout
Texas.
Addressing the Challenge Region One Education Service Center has developed a series of
critically important customized reports that will assist and guide
district and campus planning to ensure that all students make
progress towards satisfactory academic performance and advanced
academic performance.
Using STAAR, the performance index framework measures progress
as a student’s gain score or a met progress expectation.
A gain score is the difference between the score a student achieved
in the prior year and the score a student achieved in the current
year. Students receive credit for making progress on the STAAR
assessment if they meet or exceed their year-to-year expectation.
Individual student progress is then categorized as Did Not Meet,
Met, or Exceeded. ELL progress measure is based upon year-to-year
target cut score expectations established by the Texas Education
Agency (TEA) on each STAAR content area assessment.
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Types of Reports The Division of Instructional Support, Office of School Improvement Accountability
and Compliance through the Center for Excellence in School Turnaround located at
Region One Education Service Center has created the following Learning Progress
Measures Reports:
2014 Average Gain Scores by District and Campus
2014 Content Area Performance by Achiever Group
2014 Grade Level Performance by Achiever Group
2014 Classroom Performance by Achiever Group (Prior Year)
2014 Classroom Performance by Teacher (Current Year)
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Report Description: 2014 Average Gain Scores by District and Campus Critical Elements: Grade Level, Scale Score, Average Met Progress, Target Gain Score,
Achiever Group
Area: District and Campus Level
Report Legend
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Report Description: 2014 Content Area Performance by Achiever Group
Critical Elements: Level I Student Actual Growth, Level II Student Actual Growth, Level III Student Actual Growth, Level I Expected Gain Score, Level II Expected Gain Score, Level III Expected Gain Score, Gain Scores and Actual/expected growth by Year
Area: Campus
Report Legend
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Report Description: 2014 Gain Scores Grade Level Performance by Achiever Group
Critical Elements: Grade Level Performance for Met Progress Target (Level I and II), Exceeded Progress Target (Level I, II and III) inclusive of ELL students on a STAAR Progress Measure
Area: Grade Level
Report Legend
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Report Description: 2014 Classroom Performance by Achiever Group
Critical Elements: Current Year Teacher and Prior Year Teacher, Level I, II, III
Performance, ELL Students on STAAR Progress Measure, Level I Chance
Score Range and Level III Top Score Range
Area: Classroom Teacher Level
Report Legend
Teacher A Prior Year Report Depicts 90% of students that met or exceeded progress
Teacher B Prior Year Report Depicts 71% of students that met or exceeded progress
Teacher C Prior Year Report Depicts 52% of students that met or exceeded progress
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Training/Support
Region One ESC will offer a free-of-charge workshop to assist participants in the interpretation of the reports. Technical assistance will also be provided by personnel from the Office of School Improvement, Accountability and Compliance. Timeline Reports Phase I
There are two phases of report development (please refer to attached Phase I and Phase II order forms).
The following graphic details the actions that are required before reports are disseminated to the school
district:
Timeline Reports Phase II
Approximately 1-2 weeks after the Phase I Reports are produced, a battery of Phase II reports will be available to purchase. The Phase II reports include:
2014 ELL Progress Measure Reports
2014 STAAR Modified Gain Scores Reports
2014 STAAR Alternate Gain Scores Reports
Green indicates District Action Blue indicates Region One Action
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Dr. Eduardo Cancino
Deputy Director
Division of Instructional Support
(956) 984-6022
Dr. Tina McIntyre
Administrator
(956) 984-6027
Belinda S. Gorena
Coordinator
(956) 984-6173
Region One Education Service Center
Division of Instructional Support
Contact Information
Board of Directors
2014-2015
Rubén Cortez, Jr., Chairperson Place 5 – Cameron County
Raul Roberto “Bobby” Chapa, Vice-Chairperson Place 7 – Willacy County
Dr. Manuel Gomez, Jr., Secretary Place 6 – Cameron County
Gilbert Enriquez Place 4 – Hidalgo County
Ricardo Gutierrez Place 2 – Jim Hogg County, Starr County & Zapata County
Linda La Mantia Place 3 – Webb County
Alicia E. Requenez Place 1 – Hidalgo County
George Banda Charter Schools Representative
Administration
Dr. Cornelio Gonzalez Executive Director
Dr. Eduardo Cancino
Deputy Director, Instructional Support
Dr. Marco Antonio Lara, Jr.
Deputy Director, Administrative Leadership, School
& Community Support
Frances Guzman
Deputy Director, Business, Operations
& Finance Support
