88R923 TSS-F
By: Johnson S.B. No. 789
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to indicators of achievement, assignment of campus
performance ratings, and academic distinction designations under
the public school accountability system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.053(c), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) School districts and campuses must be evaluated based on
three domains of indicators of achievement adopted under this
section that include:
(1) in the student achievement domain, indicators of
student achievement that must include:
(A) for evaluating the performance of districts
and campuses generally:
(i) an indicator that accounts for the
results of assessment instruments required under Sections
39.023(a), (c), and (l), as applicable for the district and campus,
including the results of assessment instruments required for
graduation retaken by a student, aggregated across grade levels by
subject area, including:
(a) for the performance standard
determined by the commissioner under Section 39.0241(a), the
percentage of students who performed satisfactorily on the
assessment instruments, aggregated across grade levels by subject
area; and
(b) for the college readiness
performance standard as determined under Section 39.0241, the
percentage of students who performed satisfactorily on the
assessment instruments, aggregated across grade levels by subject
area; and
(ii) an indicator that accounts for the
results of assessment instruments required under Section
39.023(b), as applicable for the district and campus, including the
percentage of students who performed satisfactorily on the
assessment instruments, as determined by the performance standard
adopted by the agency, aggregated across grade levels by subject
area; and
(B) for evaluating the performance of high school
campuses and districts that include high school campuses,
indicators that account for:
(i) students who satisfy the Texas Success
Initiative (TSI) college readiness benchmarks prescribed by the
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under Section 51.334 on
an assessment instrument in reading or mathematics designated by
the coordinating board under that section;
(ii) students who satisfy relevant
performance standards on advanced placement tests or similar
assessments;
(iii) students who earn dual course credits
in the dual credit courses;
(iv) students who enlist in the armed
forces of the United States or the Texas National Guard;
(v) students who earn industry
certifications;
(vi) students admitted into postsecondary
industry certification programs that require as a prerequisite for
entrance successful performance at the secondary level;
(vii) students whose successful completion
of a course or courses under Section 28.014 indicates the student's
preparation to enroll and succeed, without remediation, in an
entry-level general education course for a baccalaureate degree or
associate degree;
(viii) students who successfully met
standards on a composite of indicators that through research
indicates the student's preparation to enroll and succeed, without
remediation, in an entry-level general education course for a
baccalaureate degree or associate degree;
(ix) high school graduation rates, computed
in accordance with standards and definitions adopted in compliance
with the Every Student Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.)
subject to the exclusions provided by Subsections (g), (g-1),
(g-2), (g-3), and (g-4);
(x) students who successfully completed an
OnRamps dual enrollment course;
(xi) students who successfully completed a
practicum or internship approved by the State Board of Education;
(xii) students who are awarded an associate
degree; [and]
(xiii) students who successfully completed
a program of study in career and technical education; and
(xiv) students who successfully completed a
Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) program
established under Subchapter N, Chapter 29, or another early
college high school program;
(2) in the school progress domain, indicators for
effectiveness in promoting student learning, which must include:
(A) for assessment instruments, including
assessment instruments under Subdivisions (1)(A)(i) and (ii), the
percentage of students who met the standard for improvement, as
determined by the commissioner; and
(B) for evaluating relative performance, the
performance of districts and campuses compared to similar districts
or campuses; and
(3) in the closing the gaps domain, the use of
disaggregated data to demonstrate the differentials among students
from different racial and ethnic groups, socioeconomic
backgrounds, and other factors, including:
(A) students formerly receiving special
education services;
(B) students continuously enrolled; and
(C) students who are mobile.
SECTION 2. Section 39.0544(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The commissioner shall adopt rules regarding the
assignment of campus performance ratings by school districts and
open-enrollment charter schools. The rules:
(1) must require a district or school, in assigning an
overall performance rating for a campus, to incorporate:
(A) domain performance ratings assigned by the
commissioner under Section 39.054; [and]
(B) performance ratings based on locally
developed domains or sets of accountability measures; and
(C) any distinction designations awarded to the
campus under Subchapter G;
(2) may permit a district or school to assign weights
to each domain, [or] set of accountability measures, or distinction
designations described in Subdivision (1), as determined by the
district or school, provided that the domains specified in
Subdivision (1)(A) must in the aggregate account for at least 50
percent of the overall performance rating;
(3) must require that each locally developed domain or
set of accountability measures:
(A) contains levels of performance that allow for
differentiation, with assigned standards for achieving the
differentiated levels;
(B) provides for the assignment of a letter grade
of A, B, C, D, or F; and
(C) meets standards for reliability and
validity;
(4) must require that calculations for overall
performance ratings and each locally developed domain or set of
accountability measures be capable of being audited by a third
party;
(5) must require that a district or school produce a
campus score card that may be displayed on the agency's website; and
(6) must require that a district or school develop and
make available to the public an explanation of the methodology used
to assign performance ratings under this section.
SECTION 3. Section 39.202, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 39.202. ACADEMIC DISTINCTION DESIGNATION FOR
DISTRICTS AND CAMPUSES. The commissioner by rule shall establish
an academic distinction designation for districts and campuses for
outstanding performance in attainment of postsecondary readiness.
The commissioner shall adopt criteria for the designation under
this section, including:
(1) percentages of students who:
(A) performed satisfactorily, as determined
under the college readiness performance standard under Section
39.0241, on assessment instruments required under Section
39.023(a), (b), (c), or (l), aggregated across grade levels by
subject area; or
(B) met the standard for annual improvement, as
determined by the agency under Section 39.034, on assessment
instruments required under Section 39.023(a), (b), (c), or (l),
aggregated across grade levels by subject area, for students who
did not perform satisfactorily as described by Paragraph (A);
(2) percentages of:
(A) students who earned a nationally or
internationally recognized business or industry certification or
license;
(B) students who completed a coherent sequence of
career and technical courses;
(C) students who completed a dual credit course
or an articulated postsecondary course provided for local credit;
(D) students who achieved applicable College
Readiness Benchmarks or the equivalent on the Preliminary
Scholastic Assessment Test (PSAT), the Scholastic Assessment Test
(SAT), the American College Test (ACT), or the ACT-Plan assessment
program; [and]
(E) students who received a score on either an
advanced placement test or an international baccalaureate
examination to be awarded college credit; and
(F) students who completed a Pathways in
Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) program established
under Subchapter N, Chapter 29, or another early college high
school program; and
(3) other factors for determining sufficient student
attainment of postsecondary readiness.
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
school year.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.