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Maybe you've heard about the new A through 
F accountability rating for public schools. 
Learn more next.

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Hello Klein ISD. I hope you had a great holiday!

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During the 84th Texas legislative session, 
HB 2804 passed requiring the assignment of 
an A - F rating to all public schools and 
districts.

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The rating system is slated to begin in the 
Spring of 2018.

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However, this week the Texas Education Agency 
will release unofficial "what if" A-F ratings 
based on the grades each campus and district 
would have received had the system been in 
place.

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Sounds simple, right? After all, our students 
are graded using an A-F scale.

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Here's the difference. Students receive multiple 
opportunities to show proficiency throughout 
a grading period...

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... and these are averaged to receive a letter 
grade. Students have an opportunity to work...

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...on understanding concepts more deeply 
and then retake tests to show mastery.

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Schools on the other hand, will have ratings 
mostly based upon the results of STAAR assessments 
taken on a single day and few, if any, opportunities 
to improve after the tests are taken.

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Additionally, although this A-F system is 
being touted by some as a system that will 
provide "clarity" and "simplify" the public's 
understanding of state accountability...

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...upon closer examination it's actually 
quite complex behind the grade. Let me give 
you an example.

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Check out this formula being used to calculate 
A-F ratings in Domain III.

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TEA has decided to use a linear regression 
analysis, using the slope-intercept form, 
y=mx+b, to assign Domain III ratings.

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Think back to your algrbra days and check 
this out.

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This formula is used to calculate a predicted 
economically disadvantaged performance rate.

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Then, the rates of economically disadvantaged 
students meeting the Satisfactory, Postsecondary 
Ready and Advanced standards...

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are compared to this "predicted" economically 
disadvantaged performance rate and a letter 
rating is then assigned.

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The letter grade is simple, but what it stands 
for is not.

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Just as we would never reduce a student's 
worth to a single grade...

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...the reduction of our schools and district 
to a single grade based on such a limited 
measure...

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...devalues the unique qualities and gifts 
of over 51,000 students, reducing every student 
to a school or district's single assigned 
grade.

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How is that beneficial to our students or 
our community?

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Listen, our students, teachers, staff and 
administrators are continuing to work hard 
each day...

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...and I want you to know that any accountability 
rating is a comma, not a period.

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Schools receiving an A or B rating are not 
going to stop working hard.

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A rating of D or F does not mean a school 
is failing.

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Our goal is always continuous improvment 
and we promise to make teaching and learning 
better each day because Better Never Stops!

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Don't Klein ISD students deserve a system 
of evaluating their school which informs 
us of needed growth areas...

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...and helps point them on the path towards 
improvment instead of one which forces a 
focus on test scores?

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We encourage you to ask your legislators 
to go back to the drawing board before implementing 
an A-F rating system as defined by House 
Bill 2804.

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That's Klein ISD in more than 90 seconds. 
See you next week.

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