This Week in Performance Reporting

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What’s New in Performance Reporting

A–F Accountability

CCMR Tracker (TEAL)
The College, Career, and Military Readiness (CCMR) Tracker will be released in two stages through TEA Login (TEAL) Accountability. Please note that the data in these reports are confidential. 

The CCMR Tracker is a tracking tool within the TEA Login (TEAL) Accountability application. This tool provides districts with an early preview of CCMR status for students who are in grades 9–12 during the 2022–23 school year. The CCMR Tracker contains lagging data as is detailed in the chart below. While the Tracker contains students who were in grades 9–12 on the 2022–23 PEIMS snapshot, the 2023 version does not contain results from school year 2022–23 as those data have yet to be reported.

Indicators are credited if earned within date ranges provided below for students beginning with grade 9 enrollment. TSI assessments are the only CCMR indicator that may be earned prior to grade 9. Indicators reported upon graduation (IEP and workforce readiness graduates and special education graduate with advanced diploma plan) do not appear in the Tracker. 

Accelerated Testers 
The Final 2023 Accelerated Testers Student Listings and explanatory materials are now available in the TEA Login (TEAL) Accountability application.  Please note that the data in these reports are confidential.

Accelerated testers are defined as 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. To fulfill federal testing requirements, these accelerated students must take a corresponding subject area SAT or ACT while in high school. The students included on the final listing will be evaluated as accelerated testers for 2023 accountability reports.
Additional information on the inclusion methodology for accelerated testers is available on the Performance Reporting Resources page.

AEA Registration
2023 alternative education accountability (AEA) registration is now open in Texas Education Agency Login (TEAL) Accountability and will close April 7, 2023. Please note that AEA registration criteria is unchanged from 2022.

• TIDE Update
  •  The Test Information Distribution Engine (TIDE) has been updated to include a new feature. Districts can now search appeals by test window. From the Appeals Request task menu on the TIDE dashboard, select Create Appeal Requests. From the Test Window drop-down menu, select specific test windows to limit your search or keep All Selected for the broadest search. Refer to the Managing Appeals and Score Codes page of the District and Campus Coordinators Resources for more information on managing appeals.
• District and Campus Coordinator Resources Update 
  • Several updates have been made to the District and Campus Coordinator Resources. Refer to the Updates to Coordinator Resources section for a list of the most recent updates.
• LMS Update 
  • The Learning Management System (LMS) will be down for maintenance from 9:30 p.m. (CT) Friday, March 31, through 5:30 a.m. Saturday, April 1. Trainings will not be accessible during this time.

• Create Test Sessions 
  • Beginning March 27, 2023, district testing personnel may create test sessions for the spring administration of the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®) in the test administrator interface of the Test Delivery System (TDS). District personnel now have the option to search for upcoming unproctored sessions using the new Scheduled Sessions button on the Test Session Status Report page. For more information on how to create test sessions, refer to the Test Delivery System (TDS) User Guide.
• Paper Materials 
  • Districts will receive the initial shipment of paper test materials for the spring STAAR administration the week of April 3–April 7. District testing personnel may order any additional paper test materials and additional return labels through May 5. To place an additional order, select the STAAR, Paper Materials Management option in the Administration Task drop-down menu in TIDE. 

• Testing Window 
  • The testing window for the STAAR Alternate 2 administration is Monday, March 27–Friday, April 28, 2023. All student responses must be entered and submitted in the Data Entry Interface (DEI) by 11:59 p.m. (CT) April 28. It is highly recommended that districts reserve the last 2–3 days of the testing window for DEI submissions.
• Additional Paper Order Window 
  • The additional order window for the spring 2023 STAAR Alternate 2 administration is March 3–April 21. Additional orders are only available after overage materials have been exhausted. To place additional orders, use the STAAR Alternate 2, Paper Materials Management option from the Administration Tasks drop-down menu in TIDE. Then select the Additional Orders task from the Orders  module. To place additional orders, students must be entered in TIDE with corresponding STAAR Alternate 2 eligibility and district personnel must use the previously provided form assignments. Orders may be rejected if form assignments are not correct or corresponding students have not been entered in TIDE.

• Completing Administrations 
  • District testing personnel must complete the administrations of the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) and TELPAS Alternate by 11:59 p.m. (CT) March 31, 2023. Tests paused in DEI must be submitted. If the tests are not submitted, they will expire and no scores will be reported. It is highly recommended that districts reserve the last 2–3 days of these testing windows for entering and submitting information as follows.
  • • Holistic ratings for TELPAS kindergarten and grade 1 must be uploaded in TIDE.
    • Ratings for special holistic administrations of TELPAS grades 2–12 listening, speaking, and writing must be uploaded in TIDE.
    • Student responses for special paper administrations of TELPAS grades 2–12 reading must be entered and submitted in the Data Entry Interface (DEI).
    • Holistic ratings for TELPAS Alternate must be entered and submitted in DEI.
• Reporting 
  • Districts must ensure all score codes and student information for the TELPAS and TELPAS Alternate administrations are entered in TIDE by March 31. This includes student demographics, program enrollment, years in U.S. schools, and designated supports. If district testing personnel make changes to the information after this date, those changes will not be included in accountability reports.
     
• Printed Report Cards and Confidential Student Labels 
  • Districts will not receive printed copies of TELPAS or TELPAS Alternate report cards unless they opt in to receiving paper copies by March 31. Districts will receive confidential student labels unless they opt out of receiving labels by March 31. Districts may opt out of receiving confidential student labels in the Score Reporting and Labels Requests module in TIDE.

Performance Reporting Calendar  

March 27 - April 7: Alternative Education Accountability (AEA) Campus Registration Window  

March 31: CCMR Tracker (Part 1) Release (2022-2023 grade 9-12 students) 

March 31: Final 2023 Accelerated Testers Student Listing (TEAL) Release 

Late April: 2023 Pairing Registration Window Opens 
 
April-May: Preliminary 2023 Accountability Manual Release 

April-May: Preliminary 2023 Accountability Manual Public Comment Period Opens 

Early May: What If Report (TEAL and Public Web) Release 

Late May: 2023 A-F Estimator (TEAL and Public Web) Release 

Late May: CCMR Verifier (2022 Graduates) Corrections Window Opens 

July: CCMR Tracker (Part 2) Release (2022-23 grade 9-12 students) 

Summer: 2023 Refresh Parent Resources, Explanatory Materials, Videos Released 

August 2023: Final 2023 Accountability Manual (All Chapters and Appendices) Release 

Late September 2023: Accountability Ratings Published (TEA and TXschools.gov) 

Late September 2023: Accountability Appeals Registration Window Opens 

Fall 2023: Results Driven Accountability Integration Taskforce Meeting