OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF 2002 GOLD
PERFORMANCE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
September 26, 2002
TO THE SUPERINTENDENT ADDRESSED:
In 2001, the Texas legislature enacted the Gold Performance Acknowledgment (GPA) system to acknowledge
districts and campuses for high performance on indicators of performance other than those used to assign
accountability ratings. In 2002, districts and schools rated Academically Acceptable / Acceptable or higher may be
acknowledged for high performance on these selected indicators. This letter transmits official notification of the
2002 Gold Performance Acknowledgments for your district and campuses. Enclosed are:

A district summary containing district and campus 2002 accountability ratings and GPA
information;

2002 GPA data tables for the district and all campuses containing results for:
 Attendance;
 Comparable Improvement in Reading and Mathematics;
 Algebra I End-of-Course Examinations;
 Participation in Advanced Academic Courses;
 AP/IB Participation and Performance;
 College Admissions Tests Participation and Performance;
 TAAS/TASP Equivalency; and
 Participation in the Recommended High School Program.

A GPA Certificate for the district and/or campus, if Gold Performance Acknowledgment was
awarded on any of the GPA indicators;

A table providing the standards used to determine eligibility for GPA on each indicator for
2002;

A table showing the maximum possible acknowledgments that can be received by a campus
or district, by school type (i.e., grades served); and

A copy of the state-level GPA data table.
Note that the data tables may be confidential because small numbers have not been masked. Typically, counts
less than five are not printed on summary reports to protect student identities. Data are not masked on the GPA
data tables to permit districts and campuses to calculate accurate rates. If a district or campus chooses to
publicize their GPA data tables, they should consider student confidentiality implications. GPA data tables that
have been masked for small numbers will be posted on the agency’s website in the same location as the 2002
accountability ratings data tables during the first week of October. Any changes to ratings due to granted appeals
will be posted at that same time. The website address for the Division of Performance Reporting is:
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/
Please note the following:

Any district or campus rated Academically Acceptable / Acceptable or higher, including a campus paired
for accountability ratings purposes, may be considered for acknowledgment on GPA.

Districts and campuses not evaluated for GPA in 2002 are those that are:
 initially rated Academically Unacceptable/Low-performing, including those that are later
granted an appeal moving them from the lowest category;
 evaluated under the optional procedures available for alternative education schools
(campus only); and
 Not Rated for any reason.

Appeals for performance on Gold Performance Acknowledgment indicators will not be considered by the
Commissioner of Education.

The wording of acknowledgments printed on the certificates varies slightly from the wording of the
indicators as shown on the data tables. The following table shows the differences in wording:
GPA Certificate Label
Attendance Rate
Improvement in Mathematics
Improvement in Reading
Algebra I Examination Results
Advanced Academic Course Completion
Advanced Placement / International Baccalaureate Results
College Admissions Test (SAT / ACT) Results
College Readiness
Recommended High School Program Participation
GPA Data Table Label
Attendance (2000-01)
Campus Comparable Improvement: Mathematics
Campus Comparable Improvement: Reading
Algebra I End-of-Course
Advanced Academic Courses
AP / IB Results
College Admissions (Class of 2001)
TAAS / TASP Equivalency (Class of 2001)
Recommended High School Program (RHSP) (Class of
2001)
The 2002 Gold Performance Acknowledgment categories are as follows:
ACKNOWLEDGED
These districts and campuses have performance results to be evaluated and
have met the acknowledgment criteria on one or more measures. Districts and
campuses must be rated Academically Acceptable / Acceptable or higher in 2002
to be eligible for acknowledgment.
DOES NOT
QUALIFY
These districts and campuses have performance results to be evaluated but did
not meet the acknowledgment criteria. Included in this category are those
districts and campuses initially rated Academically Unacceptable / Lowperforming, including those that are later granted an appeal moving them from
the lowest category.
NOT APPLICABLE
These are districts and campuses rated anything other than Exemplary,
Recognized or Academically Acceptable / Acceptable. Included in this category
are those campuses evaluated under the optional procedures available for
alternative education schools; and campuses labeled Not Rated for any reason.
I encourage you to share this information with your principals, as the data tables and certificates enclosed are the
only copies provided of these documents. A letter has been sent to your principals to notify them that the GPA
information has been transmitted to their district. I hope you find this material informative and useful. If, after
careful reading of the enclosed materials, you have questions about Gold Performance Acknowledgments, please
contact the Division of Performance Reporting at (512) 463-9704.
Sincerely,
Criss Cloudt, Associate Commissioner
Accountability Reporting and Research
Enclosures
Gold Performance Acknowledgments for Districts
Gold Performance Acknowledgments for Campuses
Gold Performance Acknowledgment Standards For 2002 (Downloadable MSWord document)
Table of Possible Acknowledgments by School Type (Downloadable MSWord document)
State-level Gold Performance Acknowledgment data table (Downloadable PDF file)