2012 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Guide For Texas Public School Districts and Campuses Texas Education Agency Department of Assessment and Accountability Division of Performance Reporting June 2012 Copies of the 2012 Adequate Yearly Progress Guide may be purchased from: Publications Distribution Office Texas Education Agency P.O. Box 13817 Austin, TX 78711-3817 [email protected] Please use the order form on the last page of this publication. Remit $9.00 for each copy for a non-profit institution, or $11.00 for all others. These amounts include mailing and handling charges. Inventory of this publication is not guaranteed. 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Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701-1494; phone 512-463-9270; email [email protected]. 2012 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Guide 2 Table of Contents Section I: Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................11 Amendments to the 2012 AYP Workbook ............................................................................................................................... 11 Texas NCLB Report ................................................................................................................................................................. 12 Section II: System Overview .........................................................................................................................................................13 Key Dates Related to the 2012 AYP Process ........................................................................................................................... 13 Comparison of 2011 and 2012 AYP Systems .......................................................................................................................... 15 Districts and Campuses Evaluated ............................................................................................................................................ 15 Districts ................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Campuses .............................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Agreement for Linked Campus Identification Numbers ...................................................................................................... 16 2012 AYP Status ....................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Treatment of Known Compromised Data ............................................................................................................................. 17 2012 AYP Status Labels ....................................................................................................................................................... 18 Exhibit 1: 2012 AYP Indicators ............................................................................................................................................ 19 Section III: Indicators, Components, Measures, and Standards ....................................................................................................20 Indicators................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Assessments Used for Reading/ELA and Mathematics Indicators ....................................................................................... 20 TAKS Assessment Program for Grade 10: ........................................................................................................................20 TAKS and TAKS (Accommodated) ..............................................................................................................................20 TAKS–Modified (TAKS–M).........................................................................................................................................20 TAKS Linguistically Accommodated Testing (LAT) for ELA and Mathematics ........................................................21 STAAR Alternate for Grades 3–8 and 10 ..........................................................................................................................21 STAAR Assessment Program for Grades 3–8: ..................................................................................................................21 STAAR Modified...........................................................................................................................................................21 STAAR L .......................................................................................................................................................................22 Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) Reading ...............................................................22 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness Bridge Study for AYP....................................................................... 22 Data used for the Other Indicator.......................................................................................................................................... 23 Graduation Rate .................................................................................................................................................................23 Attendance Rate .................................................................................................................................................................23 2012 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Guide 3 Exhibit 2: Relationships Among AYP Indicators, Components, Measures, and Standards ..................................................... 24 Components of the Reading/ELA and Mathematics Indicators ............................................................................................... 25 Overview of Participation and Performance ......................................................................................................................... 25 Selecting Assessment Results ............................................................................................................................................25 Students Tested on a Single Assessment .......................................................................................................................26 Students Tested on More than One Assessment ............................................................................................................26 TELPAS Reading...................................................................................................................................................... 26 Exhibit 3: Assessments Included in 2012 AYP Calculations ................................................................................................... 27 Participation .......................................................................................................................................................................... 29 Calculating Participation Measures ...................................................................................................................................29 Participation Count of Students Enrolled at the Time of Testing ..................................................................................30 Identification of Participants ..........................................................................................................................................30