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Conroe ISD presents district-calculated accountability scores; CCMR measures rise
Summary
District staff presented a calculated set of school accountability ratings after the Texas Education Agency delayed public release; leaders highlighted gains in college-, career- and military-readiness and explained how the new A–F-style system is computed.
Conroe Independent School District officials on Thursday presented a district-calculated overview of the state’s new accountability system and preliminary campus ratings the district compiled after the Texas Education Agency delayed public release amid litigation.
District administrators said they submitted verified scores to the state and used those files to compute campus and district ratings locally so trustees and principals could begin planning. “This is going to be complicated,” said Lauren Helfer, Conroe ISD’s coordinator of accountability, as she walked trustees through how the system aggregates multiple measures.
The ‘‘best of’’ model described by Helfer gives 70% of a campus’s rating from the district’s best-performing domain (student achievement, academic growth, or relative performance) and the remaining 30% from a domain that measures “closing the gaps” among student groups. For high schools, Helfer said, student achievement is split into 40% STAR (state test)…
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