The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has posted two sets of proposed commissioner rules regarding community and student engagement and STAAR performance standards. The official comment period for both sets of proposed rules will start April 4 and conclude on May 5, 2014. All comments should be submitted directly to TEA at rules@tea.state.tx.us. A summary of the rules are posted below:
Community and Student Engagement
19 TAC §61.1023
The proposed new rule would establish procedures for each school district to report performance ratings that the district has assigned to itself and to each of its campuses for the new community and student engagement indicators.
Performance Standards
19 TAC §101.3041
The proposed amendment would establish the performance standards for the new English I and English II combined reading and writing assessments. The proposed amendment would also maintain the phase-in 1 performance standard for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®) program for the 2013-2014 school year.
See attachments below for the text of the proposed rules.