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The 2023 Accountability Reports and Downloads employ masking in order to comply with the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Generally, the term "masking" refers to the use of special symbols to conceal the performance results.
The tables below show each of the masking situations that are possible on the reports. Different rules apply for the STAAR indicators compared to other performance indicators.
Symbols Used for Masking STAAR Performance Scenarios Numerator Denominator Percent Meaning Case 1 * * * Denominator is 1, 2, 3, or 4 Example 4 4 100% Case 2 ** ** Percent Shown When only one racial/ethnic group is masked, then the second smallest racial/ethnic group's numerator and denominator are masked (regardless of size) with double asterisk. The rate remains unmasked. Smallest Group: 3 4 75% Next Smallest Group: 190 200 95% Case 3 - - - Denominator is 0. Example 0 0 -
Symbols Used for Masking STAAR Performance
Symbols Used for Masking Graduation and Dropout Rates: Scenarios Numerator Denominator Percent Meaning Case 1 * * * Denominator is 1, 2, 3, or 4. Examples 4 4 100.0% 3 4 75.0% 0 4 0.0% Case 2 - - - Denominator is 0. Example 0 0 • Case 3 ** ** Percent Shown When only one racial/ethnic group is masked, then the second smallest racial/ethnic group's numerator and denominator are masked (regardless of size) with double asterisk. The rate remains unmasked. Smallest Group: 3 4 75.0% Next Smallest Group 150 200 75.0%
Symbols Used for Masking Graduation and Dropout Rates:
Symbols Used for Masking Downloads Data available for download (2023 Data Download) are also masked: Masking Symbol in Download Masking Symbol on Data Table What is Masked -1 * Small numbers. -3 ** Next smallest racial/ethnic group. • - Data are not available.
Symbols Used for Masking Downloads
Data available for download (2023 Data Download) are also masked:
Distinction Designations: Numerator Denominator Percent Meaning Attendance Rate Indicator Download • • • Denominator (days membership) is less than 1800. Example 800 1700 47% Other Distinction Indicators Download • • • Denominator is less than 10. Example 3 9 33% Blank values for a Quartile occur if there are fewer than 20 campuses in the campus comparison group for each qualifying indicator.
Distinction Designations:
Blank values for a Quartile occur if there are fewer than 20 campuses in the campus comparison group for each qualifying indicator.
2023 Accountability | Performance Reporting