HB5 Summary
Tom Jaggard
Social Studies Specialist
Region Testing Coordinator
Education Service Center, Region 2
Includes Considerations, Decision Points,
and Examples for each aspect of the
new graduation plan.
HB5
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Assessment
Graduation
Instruction
Accountability
HB5 – Assessment
• STAAR assessments will be released
every year through 2015-2016
HB5 – Assessment
• Limits districts to administering
no more than 2 benchmark assessments
• Parents of students with special needs
may request additional assessments
HB5 – Assessment
• Counting “Years in US Schools” for ELLs
• Requires 60 consecutive days
to count as a “Year in US Schools”
HB5 – Assessment
• EOC 15% Rule
Eliminated completely
• EOCs
Reduced from 15 tests to 5 tests
Eliminated the Cumulative Score*
Eliminated the Minimum Score*
* Except for ELA transition plan
HB3 Graduation Requirements
STAAR/EOC
Math
Algebra I
Geometry
Algebra II
ELA
English I
English II
English III
Science
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Social Studies
World Geography
World History
U.S. History
To graduate, a student must achieve a
Cumulative Score in each content area that is
equal to the product of the number of STAAR/EOC
assessments taken in the content area times the
Satisfactory Academic Performance scale score.
HB5 Graduation Requirements
STAAR/EOC
Math
Algebra I
ELA
English I
English II
Science
Biology
Social Studies
U.S. History
To graduate, a student must achieve
Level II – Satisfactory Academic Performance
on each of these five EOCs.
HB5 – Graduation
• Replacing MHSP/RHSP/DAP
with Foundation + Endorsements
• Applies to new freshman in 2014-2015
NOTE:
Distinguished Level of Achievement
will be required for automatic
top 10% college admission.
HB5 – Graduation
• Replacing MHSP/RHSP/DAP
with Foundation + Endorsements
• Applies to new freshman in 2014-2015
• 2014-2015: Students enrolled in one of the
old plans can switch to the new plan
• 2013-2014: 4th-year high school students
on track to graduate in May, 2014
may graduate under the Foundation Plan
if they fall short of earning RHSP/DAP
HB5 – Graduation
• Replacing MHSP/RHSP/DAP
with Foundation + Endorsements
• SBOE held hearings in September, 2013
to get input regarding the new plans
• SBOE will draft rules in November, 2013
to be published for comment
• SBOE intends to finalize these rules
at their meeting in January, 2014
HB5 – Instruction
• School Day Interruptions
• A district may not remove a student
(without written parental consent)
from a regularly-scheduled class
for “remedial tutoring or test preparation”
more than 10% of the scheduled class time
HB5 – Accountability
• Each district must evaluate its performance
in community and student engagement
using locally-developed criteria
• Each district must rate itself as Exemplary,
Recognized, Acceptable, or Unacceptable
• Ratings must be published by August 8, 2014
• TEA will develop a ratings reporting process to
collect this information from LEAs
HB5 – Accountability
• District Ratings
A-B-C-D-F
• Campus Ratings
Exemplary
Recognized
Acceptable
Unacceptable
New labels to be used
in 2016-2017.
ATAC and APAC are
meeting this fall to
discuss changes for
2014 accountability.
Commissioner’s Proposed Rule Changes
“The following policy changes – which will be proposed
and adopted under commissioner of education rules –
are designed to assist districts in implementing new
requirements under House Bill 5 (HB5), as well as
follow established federal requirements, related to
the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness.”
– TEA Press Release on August 2, 2013
Commissioner’s Proposed Rule Changes
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Performance Standards
Phase-in 1 extended for one more year
Timing of Phase-in 2 and Final are TBD
Students “lock in” a phase-in standard for
all EOCs when they take their first EOC
Commissioner’s Proposed Rule Changes
• STAAR EOC for English I and English II
• Reading and Writing combined in Spring 2014
• Blueprint has been posted!
Commissioner’s Proposed Rule Changes
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STAAR EOC for English I and English II
Reading and Writing combined in Spring 2014
Blueprint has been posted!
Transition plan maintains minimum score
and cumulative score for students who have
already passed reading or writing but not both
• ELL Special Provision only applies to English I
Commissioner’s Proposed Rule Changes
• Middle school students taking Algebra I
• Federal accountability requires math and
reading to be tested in grades 3-8 and
at least once in high school
• Take Algebra I EOC and grade-level STAAR
• Grade-level STAAR for MS accountability
• Algebra I follows student for HS accountability
Commissioner’s Proposed Rule Changes
• Middle school students taking English I
• Federal accountability requires math and
reading to be tested in grades 3-8 and
at least once in high school
• Will take English II to satisfy high school
accountability so no double-testing needed
when they take English I in middle school
Commissioner’s Proposed Rule Changes
• STAAR Modified
• The U.S. Department of Education has informed
states that assessments based on modified
standards for students served by special
education cannot be used for accountability
purposes after the 2013–2014 school year.
• As a result of that federal directive, all STAAR
Modified assessments will be administered for
the final time in the 2013–2014 assessment cycle.
Commissioner’s Proposed Rule Changes
• STAAR Alternate
• HB5 requires TEA to develop an alternate
assessment for the most severely cognitively
disabled students – one that does not require
teachers to prepare tasks or materials.
• This newly designed alternate assessment
will be administered for the first time in the
spring of the 2014–2015 school year.
Tom.Jaggard@esc2.us
361.779.9574
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