ACCOUNTABILITY

ACCREDITATION
TEA accredits public schools in Texas at the district level for grades K-12. The Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions section of the Texas Administrative Code (TAC) states how accreditation statuses will be determined and assigned to school districts. Those statuses are defined as Accredited, Accredited-Warned, Accredited-Probation, and Not Accredited-Revoked. 

TEA accredits public schools in Texas at the district level for grades K-12.

The district accreditation statuses can be found at: http://tea.texas.gov/accredstatus/

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY
The state's school financial accountability rating system, known as the School Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST), ensures that Texas public schools and charters are held accountable for the quality of their financial management practices and that they improve those practices.

ACADEMIC AND PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY
The Texas Legislature in 1993 enacted statutes that mandated the creation of the Texas public school accountability system to rate school districts and evaluate campuses. The TEA's state accountability page has information available about statewide accountability rating system, the Texas Academic Performance Reports, school report cards, and the Texas Performance Reporting System.

The Texas Academic Performance Reports (TAPR) pull together a wide range of information on the performance of students in each school and district in Texas every year. Performance is shown disaggregated by student groups, including ethnicity and socioeconomic status. The reports also provide extensive information on school and district staff, programs, and student demographics.

Texas Academic Performance Reports can be found at https://tea.texas.gov/perfreport/tapr/index.html

REPORT CARDS: FEDERAL & STATE
The school report card (SRC) combines accountability ratings, data from the Texas Academic Performance Reports (TAPR), and financial information to give a broad view of campus performance. Available for each campus in Texas, the SRC is intended specifically to inform parents and guardians about a school’s individual characteristics and its academic performance.

School Report Cards can be found at https://tea.texas.gov/perfreport/src/index.html

The U.S. Department of Education requires school districts to disseminate a Federal Report Card each year, which contains district and campus-level data in the following areas:

• Part I:  Percent Tested and Student Achievement by Proficiency Level
• Part II: Student Achievement and State Academic Annual Measurable Objectives (AMOs)
• Part III: Priority and Focus Schools
• Part IV: Teacher Quality Data
• Part V: Graduates Enrolled in Texas Institution of Higher Education (IHE)
• Part VI: Statewide National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Results

Federal Report Cards can be found at https://tea.texas.gov/frc.aspx