SchoolRankings2012DescriptionofVariables

VariableName HIGHSCHOOL TAKSCommended Reading

Description

Year

Weight

Thepercentageof11thgradestudentswhoachievedCommendedPerformance ontheEnglish/LanguageArts(ELA)sectionoftheTexasAssessmentofKnowledge andSkills(TAKS)examination. Thepercentageof11thgradestudentswhoachievedCommendedPerformance TAKSCommended ontheMathematicssectionoftheTexasAssessmentofKnowledgeandSkills Math (TAKS)examination. Thepercentageof11thgradestudentswhoachievedCommendedPerformance TAKSCommended ontheSocialStudiessectionoftheTexasAssessmentofKnowledgeandSkills SocialStudies (TAKS)examination. Thepercentageof11thgradestudentswhoachievedCommendedPerformance TAKSCommended standardsontheSciencesectionoftheTexasAssessmentofKnowledgeandSkills Science (TAKS)examination. Thepercentageofgraduateswhowerereportedashavingsatisfiedthecourse RecommendedHigh requirementsfortheTexasStateBoardofEducationRecommendedHighSchool SchoolProgram Program. Thepercentageofstudentsingrades912whoreceivedcreditforatleastone AdvancedCourses advancedcourse(includingAdvancedPlacement,InternationalBaccalaureate, DualEnrollment,andothers). Thepercentageofstudentsingrades11and12takingatleastoneAPorIB AP/IBTestTakers examination. ThepercentageofstudentswhohavetakenoneormoreAPorIBexam(s)and AP/IBStudentsPassing scoredatorabovethecriterionscore(3onAPor4onIB)onatleastoneexam. Therateofattendanceforallstudentsoveroneschoolyear,calculatedastotal AttendanceRate numberofdaysstudentswerepresentdividedbythetotalnumberofdays studentswereinmembershipduringthemostrecentschoolyear. CHILDRENATRISK Thepercentageoffirsttimefreshmenwhograduatedfromanypublichighschool GraduationRate inTexaswithinfour,five,orsixyearsofenteringninthgrade. ThepercentageofgraduatesthathavetakeneithertheACTortheSATcollege SAT/ACTTestTakers admissionsexam. SATScore TheaveragescoreforallstudentstakingtheSAT(ScholasticAptitudeTest). ACTScore TheaveragescoreforallstudentstakingtheACT(AmericanCollegeTest). Thepercentageofstudentsthatareeconomicallydisadvantaged,i.e.the Economically percentageofstudentscodedaseligibleforfreeorreducedpricelunchoreligible Disadvantaged forotherpublicassistance. ReadingGainsScore TheaveragegainorlossonnormalcurveequivalentscoreonallReading/ELA TAKSteststakenbystudentsataparticularcampus,comparedtothesame studentsperformanceonallTAKSteststheyearbefore.Thegainsscoreisonly calculatedforstudentswhotookReading/ELATAKStestsatthesamecampusfor twoconsecutiveyears. MathGainsScore TheaveragegainorlossonnormalcurveequivalentscoreonallMathTAKStests takenbystudentsataparticularcampus,comparedtothesamestudents performanceonallTAKSteststheyearbefore.Thegainsscoreisonlycalculated forstudentswhotookMathTAKStestsatthesamecampusfortwoconsecutive years. MIDDLESCHOOL Thepercentageof8thgradestudentswhoachievedCommendedPerformance TAKSCommended ontheEnglish/LanguageArts(ELA)sectionoftheTexasAssessmentofKnowledge Reading andSkills(TAKS)examination. Thepercentageof8thgradestudentswhoachievedCommendedPerformance TAKSCommended ontheMathematicssectionoftheTexasAssessmentofKnowledgeandSkills Math (TAKS)examination.

2011

2.5%

2011

2.5%

2011

2.5%

2011

2.5%

2010

5%

2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011

5% 5% 5% 5% 18% 5% 5% 5% 17%

2011

7.5%

2011

7.5%

2011

8%

2011

8%

TAKSCommended SocialStudies TAKSCommended Science TAKSCommended Writing TAKSCommendedAll Tests AttendanceRate RetentionRate (Grade7) RetentionRate (Grade8) Economically Disadvantaged GainsScore

MathGainsScore

Thepercentageof8thgradestudentswhoachievedCommendedPerformance ontheSocialStudiessectionoftheTexasAssessmentofKnowledgeandSkills (TAKS)examination. Thepercentageof8thgradestudentswhoachievedCommendedPerformance standardsontheSciencesectionoftheTexasAssessmentofKnowledgeandSkills (TAKS)examination. Thepercentageof7thgradestudentswhoachievedCommendedPerformance standardsontheWritingsectionoftheTexasAssessmentofKnowledgeandSkills (TAKS)examination. Thepercentageof8thgradestudentswhoachievedCommendedPerformance standardsonallsectionsoftheTexasAssessmentofKnowledgeandSkills(TAKS) examination. Therateofattendanceforallstudentsoveroneschoolyear,calculatedastotal numberofdaysstudentswerepresentdividedbythetotalnumberofdays studentswereinmembershipduringthemostrecentschoolyear. Thepercentageofstudents"heldback"agrade,orthepercentofstudentswho enrolledinthefallof200809inthesamegradeastheirgradeinthelastreported sixweekperiodoftheprioryear. Thepercentageofstudents"heldback"agrade,orthepercentofstudentswho enrolledinthefallof200809inthesamegradeastheirgradeinthelastreported sixweekperiodoftheprioryear. Thepercentageofstudentsthatareeconomicallydisadvantaged,i.e.the percentageofstudentscodedaseligibleforfreeorreducedpricelunchoreligible forotherpublicassistance. TheaveragegainorlossonnormalcurveequivalentscoreonallTAKSteststaken bystudentsataparticularcampus,comparedtothesamestudentsperformance onallTAKSteststheyearbefore.Thegainsscoreisonlycalculatedforstudents whotookTAKStestsatthesamecampusfortwoconsecutiveyears. TheaveragegainorlossonnormalcurveequivalentscoreonallMathTAKStests takenbystudentsataparticularcampus,comparedtothesamestudents performanceonallTAKSteststheyearbefore.Thegainsscoreisonlycalculated forstudentswhotookMathTAKStestsatthesamecampusfortwoconsecutive years. Thepercentageof4thgradestudentswhoachievedCommendedPerformance ontheEnglish/LanguageArts(ELA)sectionoftheTexasAssessmentofKnowledge andSkills(TAKS)examination. Thepercentageof4thgradestudentswhoachievedCommendedPerformance ontheMathematicssectionoftheTexasAssessmentofKnowledgeandSkills (TAKS)examination. Thepercentageof4thgradestudentswhoachievedCommendedPerformance standardsontheWritingsectionoftheTexasAssessmentofKnowledgeandSkills (TAKS)examination. Thepercentageof4thgradestudentswhoachievedCommendedPerformance standardsonallsectionsoftheTexasAssessmentofKnowledgeandSkills(TAKS) examination. Thepercentageof4thgradestudentswhoachievedCommendedPerformance ontheEnglish/LanguageArts(ELA)sectionoftheTexasAssessmentofKnowledge andSkills(TAKS)examination. Therateofattendanceforallstudentsoveroneschoolyear,calculatedastotal numberofdaysstudentswerepresentdividedbythetotalnumberofdays studentswereinmembershipduringthemostrecentschoolyear. Theaveragefirstgradeclasssize. Theaveragesecondgradeclasssize. Theaveragethirdgradeclasssize.

2011

8%

2011

8%

2011

8%

2011

8%

2010

12%

2010

2.5%

2010

2.5%

2011

20%

2011

7.5%

2011

7.5%

ELEMENTARYSCHOOL TAKSCommended Reading TAKSCommended Math TAKSCommended Writing TAKSCommendedAll Tests TAKSCommended Reading2 AttendanceRate ClassSize(Grade1) ClassSize(Grade2) ClassSize(Grade3) 2011 9%

2011

9%

2011

9%

2011

9%

2011

9%

2010 2011 2011 2011

10% 2.5% 2% 1.5%

RetentionRate (Grade1) RetentionRate (Grade2) RetentionRate (Grade3) RetentionRate (Grade4) Economically Disadvantaged GainsScore

MathGainsScore

Thepercentageofstudents"heldback"agrade,orthepercentofstudentswho enrolledinthefallof200809inthesamegradeastheirgradeinthelastreported sixweekperiodoftheprioryear. Thepercentageofstudents"heldback"agrade,orthepercentofstudentswho enrolledinthefallof200809inthesamegradeastheirgradeinthelastreported sixweekperiodoftheprioryear. Thepercentageofstudents"heldback"agrade,orthepercentofstudentswho enrolledinthefallof200809inthesamegradeastheirgradeinthelastreported sixweekperiodoftheprioryear. Thepercentageofstudents"heldback"agrade,orthepercentofstudentswho enrolledinthefallof200809inthesamegradeastheirgradeinthelastreported sixweekperiodoftheprioryear. Thepercentageofstudentsthatareeconomicallydisadvantaged,i.e.the percentageofstudentscodedaseligibleforfreeorreducedpricelunchoreligible forotherpublicassistance. TheaveragegainorlossonnormalcurveequivalentscoreonallTAKSteststaken bystudentsataparticularcampus,comparedtothesamestudentsperformance onallTAKSteststheyearbefore.Thegainsscoreisonlycalculatedforstudents whotookTAKStestsatthesamecampusfortwoconsecutiveyears. TheaveragegainorlossonnormalcurveequivalentscoreonallMathTAKStests takenbystudentsataparticularcampus,comparedtothesamestudents performanceonallTAKSteststheyearbefore.Thegainsscoreisonlycalculated forstudentswhotookMathTAKStestsatthesamecampusfortwoconsecutive years.

2010

2%

2010

2%

2010

2%

2010

2%

2011

16%

2011

7.5%

2011

7.5%