Texas NCLB Report Card

Texas NCLB Report Card Overview

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) requires federal accountability and reporting for all public school districts, campuses, and the state. The Texas NCLB Report Card is a web-based reporting system that generates the required federal report cards at the state, district, and campus level for easy dissemination by school districts.

Federally Required Data Elements
Each state must prepare annual report cards that include information related to assessments, accountability, and teacher quality, and must include data from all school districts in the state. The Federally Required Data Elements are:

Assessment Data—States must provide assessment data from their reading/English language arts, mathematics, and science assessments.
Accountability Data—The federal accountability data required on Texas NCLB Report Card are a comparison between student achievement levels and the State’s annual measurable objectives in reading/language arts and mathematics used in evaluating Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP).
Teacher Quality Data—States must provide information for 1) the professional qualifications of all public elementary and secondary school teachers in the State, as defined by the State (e.g., bachelors and advanced degrees, licensure), 2) the percentage of all public elementary and secondary school teachers teaching with emergency or provisional credentials, and 3) the percentage of classes in the State not taught by highly qualified teachers disaggregated by high-poverty compared to low-poverty schools.
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Data—The State level report cards must include 1) the most recent NAEP reading and mathematics results for the state and 2) the participation rates, both disaggregated by student group as reported by NAEP

Federally Required Student Groups
Each state must include the following student groups in their annual report cards. School districts report student information through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) and the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) test answer documents.

Economically Disadvantaged– If a student is identified as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch or eligible for other public assistance on the TAKS answer documents for the subject reported, the student is included in the Economically Disadvantaged student group.
Ethnic Distribution- Students are reported as American Indian, Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White on the TAKS answer documents, and included in the appropriate student group.
Gender- Results are reported separately for males and females, based on students' reported gender shown on the TAKS answer documents.
Limited English Proficiency (LEP)– Students are identified as limited English proficient (LEP) by the Language Proficiency Assessment Committee (LPAC) according to criteria established in the Texas Administrative Code. If a student is identified as LEP on the TAKS answer documents, the student is included in the LEP student group. The Texas NCLB Report Card results for the LEP student group represents students identified as LEP in the current year only, except for Part II - Accountability Data, Reading/English Language Arts and Mathematics Percent Met Standard (Proficient) & Commended (Advanced). These columns report AYP performance results for LEP students identified as either 1) a currently identified LEP student, or 2) a former LEP student that has met the criteria for bilingual/ESL program exit, is no longer classified as LEP in PEIMS and is in the first or second year of academic monitoring as required by state statute.
Migrant- If a student is identified as a Migrant student on the TAKS answer documents, the student is included in the Migrant student group. "Migrant Student" indicates whether the student (ages 3-21) is, or the student's parent, spouse, or guardian is a migratory agricultural worker.
Special Education- This refers to the population served by programs for students with disabilities. If a student is identified as participating in a special education program on the TAKS answer documents, the student is included in the special education student group. The Texas NCLB Report Card results for reading/English language Arts or mathematics special education student group are based on AYP calculations: if a student is tested on TAKS (Accommodated), TAKS–M, LAT TAKS–M, or TAKS–Alt, or is identified as a special education student on any test document, the student is included in the special education student group.

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