2006

Accountability Manual

 

 

Texas Education Agency

Department of Accountability and Data Quality
Division of Performance Reporting

May 2006

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Overview of System:

Table 6: Requirements for Each Rating Category (103 KB)

Table 7: Overview of 2006 System Components (125 KB)

2006 Accountability Manual (15 MB) posted 5/31/06

TABLE OF CONTENTS pages i - viii (57 KB) posted 5/26/06

Introduction pages 1 - 4 (125 KB) posted 5/19/06

Part 1 - Standard Procedures

Chapter 1 - Overview pages 7 - 10 (221 KB) posted 5/19/06

Chapter 2 - The Basics: Base Indicators pages 11 - 22 (309 KB) posted 5/19/06

Chapter 3 - The Basics: Additional Features pages 23 - 32 (285 KB) posted 5/19/06

Chapter 4 - The Basics: Determining a Rating pages 33 - 44 (5.02 MB) posted 5/19/06

Chapter 4 may be too large for some internet systems to download. To avoid size issues, you may download the chapter in multiple sections: pages 33-35, page 36, page 37, page 38, page 39, page 40, pages 41-44.

Chapter 5 - Gold Performance Acknowledgments pages 45 - 62 (386 KB) posted 5/19/06

Chapter 6 - Special Issues and Circumstances pages 63 - 70 (353 KB) posted 5/19/06

Part 2 - Alternative Education Accountability (AEA) Procedures

Chapter 7 - Overview of AEA pages 73 - 76 (48 KB) posted 5/23/06

Chapter 8 - AEA Registration Criteria and Requirements pages 77 - 80 (57 KB) posted 5/23/06

Chapter 9 - Attribution of AEC Data pages 81-82 (35 KB) posted 5/23/06

Chapter 10 - AEA Base Indicators pages 83 - 92 (156 KB) posted 5/23/06

Chapter 11 - Additional Features of AEA pages 93-98 (137 KB) posted 5/23/06

Chapter 12 - AEA Ratings pages 99-110 (392 KB) posted 5/23/06

Chapter 13 – AEA Glossary and Index pages 111 - 114 (41 KB) posted 5/23/06

Part 3 - Items Common to Standard and AEA Procedures

Chapter 14 - Appealing the Ratings pages 117 - 124 (216 KB) posted 5/19/06

Chapter 15 - Responsibilities and Consequences pages 125 - 130 (153 KB) posted 5/19/06

Chapter 16 - Accountability Standards for 2007 pages 131 - 132 (159 KB) posted 5/19/06

Chapter 17 - Preview of 2007 and Beyond pages 133 - 142 (223 KB) posted 5/25/06

Chapter 18 - Calendar pages 143 - 146 (104 KB) posted 5/25/06

Appendices

A. TAC pages 149 - 150 (28 KB) posted 5/23/06

B. TEC pages 151 - 152 (36 KB) posted 5/23/06

C. Comparison of State and Federal Systems pages 153 - 158 (337 KB) posted 5/23/06

D. Data Sources pages 159 - 174 (206 KB) posted 5/23/06

E. Texas Growth Index pages 175 - 180 (96 KB) posted 5/23/06

F. Campus Comparison Group pages 181 - 182 (39 KB) posted 5/23/06

G. Contacts pages 183 - 186 (83 KB) posted 5/23/06

H. Acknowledgments pages 187 - 192 (53 KB) posted 5/23/06

I. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita pages 193 - 196 (163 KB) posted 5/19/06

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