NEWS RELEASE
October 27, 2006

MISD Announces the 2006 Gold Performance Acknowledgements

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) awarded all eight 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 20% 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) – Higher Education Readiness Component in Mathematics is a new Gold Performance Acknowledgement indicator for 2006. The new college readiness indicator is based on the performance of only students in grade 11 for the current year. According to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the standard of college readiness for the exit-level TAKS is a scale score of 2200 for mathematics. For acknowledgement on this indicator, the campus or district must have 50% or more if its examinees scoring at or above the TSI standard set by the Higher Education Coordinating Board.

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

Midlothian ISD – GPA: Commended Performance in Reading, Social Studies, and Writing. Recommended High School Plan, and TSI Math. District Accountability rating is Academically Acceptable.

T.E. Baxter Elementary – GPA: Commended Performance in Math, Reading, Science, and Writing. Accountability rating is Recognized.

J.R. Irvin Elementary – GPA: Commended Performance in Math, Reading and Science. Accountability rating is Recognized.

Longbranch Elementary – GPA: Commended Performance in Math, Reading, Science, and Writing. Accountability rating is Exemplary.

Mt. Peak Elementary - GPA: Commended Performance in Math, Reading, Writing, Science; Comparable Improvement in Reading. Accountability rating is Recognized.

J.A. Vitovsky – GPA: Commended Performance in Science; Comparable Improvement in Math. Accountability Rating is Recognized.

Frank Seale Middle School - GPA: Commended Performance in Math, Reading, Social Studies, and Writing. Comparable Improvement in Math. Accountability rating is Recognized.

Walnut Grove Middle School - GPA: Commended Performance in Reading, Social Studies, and Writing. Accountability rating is Recognized.

Midlothian High School - GPA: Comparable Improvement in Math and Reading; TSI in Math; Recommended High School Plan. Accountability rating is Academically Acceptable.

The 2006 District Accountability Summary will be available online in November at www.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2006.