Table 6: Requirements for Each Rating Category

 
Academically Acceptable
Recognized
Exemplary
Base Indicators

Spring 2005 TAKS

  • All students
  • and each student group meeting minimum size:
  • African American
  • Hispanic
  • White
  • Econ. Disadv.

 

meets each standard:

  • Reading/ELA 50%
  • Writing 50%
  • Social Studies 50%
  • Mathematics 35%
  • Science 25%
OR meets Required Improvement

meets 70% standard for each subject

OR

meets 65% floor and Required Improvement

 
meets 90% standard for each subject

Spring 2005 SDAA II

All students
(if meets minimum size criteria)

 

meets 50% standard

(Met ARD Expectations)

 

meets 70% standard

(Met ARD Expectations)

 

meets 90% standard

(Met ARD Expectations)

 

Completion Rate II (class of 2004)

  • All students

    and each student group meeting minimum size:

  • African American
  • Hispanic
  • White
  • Econ. Disadv.

 

 

meets 75.0% standard

OR

meets Required Improvement

 

meets 85.0% standard

OR

meets 80.0% floor and Required Improvement

 

meets 95.0% standard

 

Annual Dropout Rate 2003-04

  • All students

    and each student group meeting minimum size:

  • African American
  • Hispanic
  • White
  • Econ. Disadv.

meets 1.0% standard

OR

meets Required Improvement

 

meets 0.7% standard

OR

meets 0.9% floor and Required Improvement

 

meets 0.2% standard

 
Additional Provisions
Exceptions Applied if district/campus would be Academically Unacceptable due to not meeting the Academically Acceptable criteria on up to 3 test measures. (See detailed explanation.) Exceptions cannot be used to move to a rating of Recognized. Exceptions cannot be used to move to a rating of Exemplary.
Check for Academically Unacceptable Campuses (District only) Does not apply to Academically Acceptable districts. A district with a campus rated Academically Unacceptable cannot be rated Recognized. A district with a campus rated Academically Unacceptable cannot be rated Exemplary.
Underreported Students: (District only) Does not apply to Academically Acceptable districts. A district that underreports more than 100 students or more than 5.0% of its prior year students cannot be rated Recognized. A district that underreports more than 100 students or more than 5.0% of its prior year students cannot be rated Exemplary.