In 1993, the Texas legislature enacted statutes that mandated the creation of the Texas public school accountability system to accredit school districts and rate schools. The accountability system integrates the statewide curriculum (TEKS); the state criterion-referenced assessment system (previously TAAS, now TAKS); district and campus recognition for high performance and significant increases in performance; sanctions for performance; and school, district, and state-level reports.
The commissioner of education sets the standards for each rating category within parameters specified in law. The standards were designed to phase in increasingly higher expectations for districts and campuses annually.
Accountability Ratings
Each year, the Texas Education Agency rates schools and districts across the state based on the academic performance of their students, the dropout rate, and other factors
Most Recent TEA Ratings for RRISD and Each RRISD Campus
District Multi-Year History report: several years of accountability ratings for Round Rock ISD and all of our schools.
AEIS Report
Each year, the Texas Education Agency publishes the Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS) report which pulls together a wide range of information on the performance of students in each school and district in Texas. These reports are published each fall.
Student Success Initiative (SSI)
The Student Success Initiative (SSI), which was enacted in 1999, mandates new passing requirements to be phased in as follows:
- Beginning in school year 2002-03 for the Grade 3 reading test
- Beginning is school year 2004-05 for the Grade 5 reading and math tests
- Beginning in school year 2007-08 for the Grade 8 reading and math tests
The SSI stipulates that a student may advance to the next grade level only by passing these tests or by a unanimous decision of his or her grade placement committee. The goal of the SSI is to support on grade level academic achievement for every student.
In order to ensure that our students were progressing sufficiently to pass the Grade 3 reading test in 2003, RRISD developed a Kindergarten Reading Assessment (KRDA) and District Reading Assessment (DRA). These assessments were first used with Kindergarten students in 1999, and successive grades were added each year. These assessments determine which students are reading above, on, or below grade level, and provide data to identify children that are struggling with reading so they may receive intense, accelerated instruction.
For more information about the SSI, you may go to the TEA website at: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/ssi/index.html
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