Odyssey Academy AEIS School Report Card
The Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS) reports provide a great deal of performance information about every public school and district in the state. These reports also provide extensive profile information about staff, finances, and programs.
The Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS) pulls together a wide range of information on the performance of students in each school and district in Texas every year. This information is put into the annual AEIS reports, which are available each year in the fall. The performance indicators are:
- Results of Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS*); by grade, by subject, and by all grades tested;
- Results of State-Developed Alternative Assessment II (SDAA II);
- Participation in the statewide assessment programs (TAKS/SDAA II/TAKS-I/TAKS-Alt);
- Exit-level TAKS Cumulative Passing Rates;
- Progress of Prior Year TAKS Failers;
- Results of Student Success Initiative;
- Results of Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills-Inclusive (TAKS-I); by subject;
- Progress of English Language Learners (ELL);
- Performance-Based Monitoring (PBM) Special Education Monitoring Results Status;
- Attendance Rates;
- Annual Dropout Rates (grades 7-8, grades 7-12, and grades 9-12);
- Completion Rates (4-year longitudinal);
- College Readiness Indicators;
Performance on each of these indicators is shown disaggregated by ethnicity, sex, special education, low income status, limited English proficient status (since 2002-03), and beginning in 2003-04, at risk status (district only). The reports also provide extensive information on school and district staff, finances, programs and student demographics.
The origins of the AEIS go back to 1984, when the Texas Legislature for the first time sought to emphasize student achievement as the basis for accountability. That year, House Bill 72 called for a system of accountability based primarily on student performance. Prior to that, accountability focused mostly on process; that is, districts were checked to see if their schools had been following rules, regulations, and sound educational practices.
Since the first year of the AEIS (1990-91), it has developed and evolved through legislation, recommendations of advisory committees and the commissioner of education, State Board of Education actions, and final development by Texas Education Agency (TEA) researchers and analysts.
