Transcript Endorsements and Pathways Design

HOUSE BILL 5 UPDATE
HB5 OVERVIEW – 3 MAJOR AREAS
Curriculum
•Graduation Plans
•Endorsement Pathways
•College Readiness
requirements
Accountability
•Community and Student
Engagement
•Student Achievement Data –
STAAR and STAAR EOC
Assessment
•Benchmark tests
•Limit Classroom interruptions
and pull outs
•Targeted intervention
•Graduation Plans
•Endorsement Pathways
•College Readiness
HOUSE BILL 5
GRADUATION PLAN CHANGES
Previous High School Program (HSP)
• Minimum (MHSP)
• Recommended (RHSP)
• Distinguished (DAP)
New Foundation Program - 22 credits for
all students with an opportunity for:
• Endorsements • Distinguished Level of
Achievement; and/or
• Performance
Acknowledgements.
HOUSE BILL 5
GRADUATION PLAN STUDENT OPTIONS
22-credit Foundation Program
 17 specified credits + 5 electives
26-credit Endorsements
 19 specified credits + 7 electives
26-credit Distinguished Level of Achievement
 19 specified credits, including Algebra II + 7 electives
For ANY student:
 Performance Acknowledgements
See handout for additional details
GRADUATION PLAN – DISTINGUISHED LEVEL OF
ACHIEVEMENT
A student may earn a distinguished level of
achievement by completing:
 4 credits in mathematics, which must include Algebra II;
 4 credits in Science;
 The remaining curriculum requirements; and
 At least one endorsement
Students must earn Distinguished Level of Achievement in
order to be eligible for Top 7% Automatic Admission to
institutions of higher education.
EARNING A PERFORMANCE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
UPON GRADUATION
Performance requirements are determined by State Board of
Education
Any student may earn a performance acknowledgement
 In a dual credit course
 In bilingualism and biliteracy
 On an AP test or IB exam
 On the PSAT, the ACT-Plan, the SAT, or the ACT,
 For earning a nationally or internationally recognized business or industry
certification or license
See handout: Performance
Acknowledgement for details
FOUNDATION GRADUATION PLAN
GRADUATION WITHOUT AN ENDORSEMENT
A student can graduate under the Foundation Program
without an endorsement if, after his/her sophomore year:
 The student and the parent are advised by the counselor
of the specific benefits of graduating from high school
with one or more endorsements; and
 The student’s parent files with the school counselor
written permission (on a TEA developed form) allowing
the student to graduate under the Foundation High
School Program without an endorsement.
HOUSE BILL 5
THE BIRTH OF ENDORSEMENTS
Our current 8th graders: A student shall specify in
writing an endorsement the student intends to earn upon
entering grade 9
Flexibility: A district shall permit students to enroll in
courses under more than one endorsement before the
junior year and to choose, at any time, to earn an
endorsement other than previously indicated
Endorsement Pathways: Districts may define
advanced courses and determine a coherent sequence of
courses for an endorsement area.
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN LOCKHART ISD AND
AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
HB5 directs that school districts must partner with at least one
Institute of Higher Education (IHE) to develop college prep
courses in math and ELA for 12th grade students who do not
meet college readiness standards or whose performance
indicates they are not ready to perform entry-level college
coursework.
College readiness is determined by a range of criteria including:
ACT/SAT scores, a state developed Texas Success Initiative (TSI)
assessment, and performance in dual credit classes.
Students who have not demonstrated college readiness by start of
senior year will take the two IHE/Lockhart developed classes.
•Community and Student Engagement
•Financial Responsibility
•Student Achievement Data
HB 5 — School District Evaluation of
Performance in Community & Student
Engagement
HB 5
HB 5 made sweeping changes:
 Reduced the number of EOCs from 15 to 5
 Created new graduation plans
Foundation plan plus 5 endorsement options (STEM, B&I,
A&H, Public Services, Multidisciplinary Studies)
 Created Community and Student Engagement Accountability
Rating (TEC 39.0545 – Section 46 of HB 5)
WHY ARE WE HERE?
In 2011 and in 2013 legislators were hearing from parents,
students, teachers, administrators, local business
groups, school boards and others that there was an overemphasis on standardized testing
They weren’t asking for the elimination of standardized
testing, just reducing the over-emphasis
Standardized test scores don’t provide a comprehensive
view of all that students are learning and achieving
WHAT IS TEC 39.0545?
TEC 39.0545
 Requires each district to evaluate the district’s performance
and the performance of each campus in the district on
community and student engagement (8 factors) and in policy
compliance (1 factor)
 Requires every district to assign itself and each campus a
rating of exemplary, recognized, acceptable or unacceptable
for both overall performance and each evaluation factor
 Districts must submit ratings to TEA and make publically
available August 8 of each year (2013-14)
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF TEC 39.0545?
• To evaluate community and student engagement
• Districts and campuses can showcase where they are
excelling and where there is room for improvement
• To tell the story of what is happening in districts and on
campuses when it’s not a test day
• An opportunity to highlight community values, which are
varied across the state and sometimes within a district
NINE FACTORS TO BE EVALUATED
1. Fine arts
2. Wellness and physical education
3. Community and parent involvement
4. 21st Workforce development program
5. 2nd language acquisition
6. Digital language acquisition program
7. Dropout prevention strategies
8. Educational programs for GT students
9. Compliance with statutory reporting and policy requirements
WHAT NEXT?
• Districts must use criteria developed by a local
committee to evaluate
• The performance of the district and campus programs
in the 8 evaluation factors and compliance with
statutory reporting and policies
• Districts must create the local committee that will
develop the criteria
FINANCIAL IMPACT OVERVIEW
CTE Certification Exams
• Removal of barriers to student subsidy for CTE certification exams
• Districts can pay the certification fee and be reimbursed.
Science Lab Grants next year 2014-2015
• Districts must demonstrate that the existing science labs are
insufficient in number to comply with the curriculum requirements
for Distinguished Level of Achievement
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT DATA – END OF
COURSE (EOC) EXAMS AT HIGH SCHOOL
 5 required EOC exams
 English I & English II
 Reading and Writing combined by Spring 2014
 Algebra I
 U.S. History
 Biology
•Benchmark tests
•Classroom interruptions and pull outs
•Targeted intervention
HB5 – A FOCUS ON ACADEMICS:
INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT
• Attendance: Students must be present 90% for credit.
• Limited Interruptions: Only 1 per day unless safety need
• Limited diagnostic testing: Only 2 per tested subject area
• Limited pull out: Less than 10% of the class time without
parent consent
LOCKHART ISD ENDORSEMENTS
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5.
Business and Industry
Public Services
Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM)
Arts and Humanities
Multidisciplinary Studies
Lockhart ISD has Programs of Study within all
Endorsement Areas