Student Progress
Index
Student Progress focuses on actual student growth independent of overall achievement levels for each
race/ethnicity student group, students with disabilities, and English language learners.
2015 Target: 5th percentile of State Performance for Districts and Campuses
STEP 1





2015 STAAR or ELL Progress Measures
Included in Index 2
STAAR
PROGRESS MEASURE
Student progress will be
measured for all students
and student groups meeting
size requirements in grade
4 through high school in
reading, writing and math
(Alg. I only).
ELL Progress Measure
includes Gr. 3 for reading
and Gr. 4 for writing.
Individual student progress
is then categorized as Did
not Meet, Met, or Exceeded.
Student must have current
and prior year scale scores
for STAAR Progress
Measures.
Ten student groups evaluated: All students, African
American, American Indian,
Asian, Hispanic, Pacific
Islander, White, and Two or
more races, Students with
Disabilities and ELLs.
READING:
Gr. 3 ELL Progress Measure Only
Gr. 4 STAAR or ELL Progress Measure
Gr. 5 STAAR or ELL Progress Measure
Gr. 6 STAAR or ELL Progress Measure
Gr. 7 STAAR or ELL Progress Measure
Gr. 8 STAAR or ELL Progress Measure
Exclusions/Inclusions
Exclusions
 NEW! STAAR math Gr. 3-8 English and Spanish and STAAR A
and Alternate 2 are excluded from
index calculations.
Inclusions
 NEW! Evaluation resumes in 2015
for high school/K-12 campuses
and AEA charter districts and
AECs.
English I ELL Progress Measure Only
English II STAAR or ELL Progress Measure
Minimize Size Requirements
WRITING:
Gr. 4 Writing - ELL Progress Measure Only
Indicator
All Students
Student
Groups
STAAR %
Met Progress
2013 >= 25 tests
2014 = None
>= 25 tests,
SA < 10 tests
Gr. 7 STAAR or ELL Progress Measure
MATHEMATICS:
Algebra I STAAR or ELL Progress Measure
ELL Exclusions/Inclusions
Exclusions
 ELL students in U.S. schools Year 1 excluded.
 Unschooled Asylees/Refugees and SIFE in U.S. schools Year 1 through Year 5 excluded.
Inclusions
 Students in U.S. schools Year 2 and beyond included using ELL Progress measure for students tested in
English and STAAR Progress Measure for students tested in Spanish.
 Immigrants entering at Grade 9 or above (Years 2-4) included using STAAR ELL Progress Measure.
 Students who transition from Spanish to English STAAR (who are not eligible for ELL Progress Measure) in
reading will be credited as met expectation for meeting the phase-in 1 Level II standard and as exceeding
expectation for meeting the final Level II performance standard.
 ELL students in first and second years of academic monitoring after exiting ELL status (M1’s and M2’s).
 ELLs with parental denials for services in year 2 through year 4.
HISD Research and Accountability
Source: TEA 2015 Accountability Manual
1
Continued
Student Progress
Index
Student Progress focuses on actual student growth independent of overall achievement levels for each
race/ethnicity student group, students with disabilities, and English language learners.
Example:
STEP 2
INDEX SCORE
CALCULATION
Methodology
The percent of tests at the
specified student growth
level on the assessment is
multiplied by the weight for
that growth level.
 Met - one point for each
percent of tests at the
Met Growth Expectation level.
 Exceeded - two points
for each percent of
tests at the Exceeded
Growth Expectation
NEW! Combined Aggregate Rate for Reading + Mathematics (Algebra I) + Writing
STAAR Weighted
Progress Rate
All
African Amer
Asian
Amer. . Ind.
Hispanic
Pacific
Island.
Whit
e
Two or
Special Total
ELL*
More
Ed.
Pts.
Number of Reading /
Math (Alg. I only) / Writing Tests
100
50
40
30
# Met or Exceeded
Progress
80
40
40
20
#Exceeded Progress
20
20
30
5
% of Met or Exceeded
Progress
80%
80%
100%
67%
% Exceeded Progress
20%
40%
75%
17%
Reading/Math/Writing
Weighted Progress Rate
100
120
175
84
Total
Index 2 Score = Total points divided by maximum points (200 points/group)
Max
Pts.
479
800
479
800
60
Calculation: Progress rate = sum of the percent of students with a progress measure that met or exceeded expectation
plus exceeded expectation (Percent= sum of # met and # exceeded divided by # tested) Note: The progress measure is
calculated from the current year scale score minus prior year scale score. (See State Progress Expectation charts in
“Calculating Progress Measure” PDF on TEA’s website.)
* Includes current ELLs and ELLs in their first and second years of academic monitoring (M1’s and M2’s)
HISD Research and Accountability
Source: TEA 2015 Accountability Manual
2