MISD Announces the 2009 Gold Performance Acknowledgements
Posted: 11/12/09

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) awarded nine Midlothian ISD campuses and the District with Gold Performance Acknowledgements (GPA). The GPA system acknowledges districts and campuses for high performance on indicators other than those used to determine accountability ratings.

The Gold Performance Acknowledgments reflect areas of academic performance and growth that go beyond state accountability ratings. Commended Performance refers to the percent of examinees scoring at or above the TAKS commended performance standard (scale score 2400). A campus/district may be awarded Gold Performance Acknowledgment(s) by each subject tested if 25% or more of its students receive commended performance. Comparable Improvement (CI) is a measure that calculates how student performance on the TAKS test has changed (or grown) from one year to the next, and compares the change to that of the 40 schools that are demographically most similar to the target school. The Texas Success Initiative (TSI) shows the percentage of 11th grade students who are considered ready to begin college-level work, based on their performance on the TAKS exit-level examination. For acknowledgment on this indicator, the campuses must have 50% or more of its examinees scoring at or a scale score 2200.

The following is an overview of the Gold Performance Acknowledgments across the district:

Midlothian ISD - College-Ready, Commended Writing, Commended Social Studies, TSI ELA, TSI Mathematics

Baxter Elementary - Commended Reading/ELA, Commended Mathematics, Commended Writing

Irvin Elementary - CI: Reading/ELA, Commended Reading/ELA, Commended Mathematics, Commended Writing, Commended Science

Longbranch Elementary - CI: Mathematics, Commended Reading/ELA, Commended Mathematics, Commended Writing, Commended Science

LaRue Miller Elementary - Commended Mathematics, Commended Writing, Commended Science

Mt. Peak Elementary - Commended Reading/ELA, Commended Mathematics, Commended Writing, Commended Science

Vitovsky Elementary - CI: Mathematics, Commended Reading/ELA, Commended Mathematics, Commended Science

Frank Seale MS - CI: Reading/ELA, Commended Reading/ELA, Commended Writing

Walnut Grove MS - CI: Reading/ELA, CI: Mathematics, Commended Reading/ELA, Commended Mathematics, Commended Writing, Commended Social Studies

MHS - College-Ready, TSI ELA, TSI Mathematics

The 2009 District Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS) is available online at www.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2009.