Temple ISD did well and showed real improvement. Waco ISD academically unacceptable, and I suspect problem is minority math.

Rosebud Lott Middle unacceptable. That is a surprise.

No wonder the waco super was looking for a new job.

great for temple isd. glad to see battershell improving the district performance.

you neglected a particular 5A school that earned "recognized" status

Sorry. I was just looking at the academically unacceptable list. Of course there is a second one for AYP, and while not in admin, I am worried about that one where I teach. Notice that prior to this edit, I did not mention even my own school. I just was checking those on the problem list because there are serious actions that can result from repeated years of low performance.

I did not comment on the many schools who did well, I was just really happy to see Temple not have any unacceptable campus problems and commented on Waco because they also are seeking a new super in the middle of this.

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cjags - while I appreciate the albeit somewhat backhanded compliment, the superintendent had little to do with this.

This is about teachers and administrators doing whatever it takes to demand excellence in a very diverse school, not a homogeneous environment. It's easy to do it in one like that, but takes very hard work by teachers to make it work in a diverse environment.

BTW, we were a HAIR from being Recognized. The ONLY thing that made us unacceptable last year had to do with graduation completion rate....NOTHING to do with TAKS or anything like that.

I just want to clarify because we are so incredibly misunderstood and frankly mistreated by the local media and populace.

sorry the second post should have had a winky face. probably came off a little smart alec than intended.

Belton was pretty ecstatic when we got the confirmation from the state on Friday.


really, very glad for Temple. Battershell getting to her third (or fourth, I can't remember) year is good for the district.

New handle?

sock from rivalries. oops

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Congratulations to all the schools that recieved the rankings they were looking and hoping for. I know the teachers and staff worked so extremely hard to earn them!

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cjags - while I appreciate the albeit somewhat backhanded compliment, the superintendent had little to do with this.

This is about teachers and administrators doing whatever it takes to demand excellence in a very diverse school, not a homogeneous environment. It's easy to do it in one like that, but takes very hard work by teachers to make it work in a diverse environment.

BTW, we were a HAIR from being Recognized. The ONLY thing that made us unacceptable last year had to do with graduation completion rate....NOTHING to do with TAKS or anything like that.

I just want to clarify because we are so incredibly misunderstood and frankly mistreated by the local media and populace

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Jan,

I realized I did not answer you post at all as far as the district was concerned. I apologize

It was not meant at all as a backhanded compliment. I have several friends in the district and am deeply invested in their success as well as TISD.

I know that successes are at the campus level and not directed just at the admin. I work in technology, but at the admin level. I know that BISD's success has very little to do with me and many at my level. other than providing a network that is stable and efficient enough to better education and automate stuff so the teachers can spend more and better time in the classroom, i had little to do with our TAKS rating. The teachers are the ones who deserve praise (at TISD as well)

My compliment to Battershell is that it shows improvement within the district as well as stability. I'm new here but i do understand that TISD has gone through its fair share of Sups before her. When you have stability at the top I think that does reverberate through the district and that is what i meant by that.

BISD was in the same boat last year as far as being a hair away from "recognized" status. I think if we could have proved 3-5 more students that left the district got their GED or graduated elsewhere we would have had it.

Again, sorry if the compliment came off as backhanded. I know the schools have a rivalry, but i only wish the best for all the students in the area.

I can't find it because I am not a paid subscriber and can't search that far back, but I beleive I did a pretty good job somewhere in the last year of explaining the accountability system for both the state and federal system.

It was pretty long so I really don't feel like recreating it all again, but if anyone can find it I think it would be beneficial to this conversation...

Temple stinks, suck it up and accept it

State Standards for 2010 - 2011
Subject Area Acceptable Recognized Exemplary
Reading 70% 80% 90%
Writing 70% 80% 90%
Mathematics 65% 80% 90%
Science 60% 80% 90%

There must be at least 30 students in a subgroup for it to count. However, even though a campus may not have at least 30 students in the African American subgroup on their campus at the grade level tested for science (5th, 7th, 10th, 11th grades only), they do have at least 30 African American students in the district that will be assessed on science so while those students will not count as a subgroup for their campus, they will count as part of a subgroup for their district. Also, while the African American or Special Education subgroups may not count for a campus in Science, those students are also usually represented in the Economically Disadvantaged subgroups. Those groups will count in the areas of Reading and Mathematics.


Federal Standards
Subject Area Percentage Required to “Make AYP”
(Adequate Yearly Progress)
for 2010 - 2011
Reading 80%
Mathematics 75%

For the Federal System you either “Make AYP” or you “Do Not Make AYP”. There are no different levels like there are with the State system with Unacceptable, Acceptable, Recognized, and Exemplary. The number of students in each subgroup for it to count on the Federal Accountability is a minimum of 50 in each group.

For BOTH systems, you can only be rated as high as your lowest area, for example, if ALL AREAS are EXEMPLARY except one area such as say 5th grade science and that area were to be ACCEPTABLE then the OVERALL CAMPUS RATING would be ACCEPTABLE. Hardly seems fair but that is the way that it is set up.


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3GA - Waco ISD academically unacceptable, and I suspect problem is minority math.

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Given that I'm pretty close to that specific assumption, I decided to check out whether your assumption held any water. So, if I've figured out how to read these reports correctly, it looks like WISD is in trouble for 3 things.

1. The number of African American and Hispanic dropouts at Waco HS.
2. The low TAKS Reading scores among African American students at Doris Miller Elementary.
3. The number of White dropouts in Grades 7-8.

So (surprisingly), it looks like Math isn't actually the problem. However if they can't hire additional qualified Math teachers, it will become a problem again. Apparently the fact that Math teachers actually have to pass a certification test makes it difficult to find enough qualified teachers.

Glad it is not math, that is actually what gets most districts--largely due to that teacher shortage.