| Student Success Initiative | |
Enacted by the 76th Texas Legislature (1999), the Student Success Initiative (SSI) mandates new passing requirements to be phased in as follows: beginning in school year 2002-2003 for the reading test at Grade 3, beginning in school year 2004-2005 for the reading and mathematics tests at Grade 5, and beginning in school year 2007-2008 for the reading and mathematics tests at Grade 8. As specified by these requirements, a student may advance to the next grade level only by passing these tests or by unanimous decision of his or her grade placement committee that the student is likely to perform at grade level after accelerated instruction. The goal of the SSI
is to support on grade level academic achievement for every student.
This depends greatly on schools, parents and community
members working in partnership to meet individual student needs. In collaboration
with education service centers, the agency plans to develop and distribute
suggested materials to help schools focus on what is most important in
this initiative: working for every student’s academic success.
These materials will be sent in a series of mailings during the year
to correspond with the timeline of the SSI requirements and linked to
the SSI Interactive Flow Chart which has been designed to depict the
overall requirements of the SSI. These materials will cover the full
scope of required notices and forms and will be made available at this
website in a format that facilitates downloading and editing for local
uses. The materials will also be provided in both English and Spanish
to help districts meet the requirement of a good faith effort to provide
parent notifications in the parent’s native language.
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| SSI | Student Success Initiative |
| TAKS | Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills |
| SDAA | State Developed Alternative Assessment |
| RPTE | Reading Proficiency Tests in English |
| TELPAS | Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System |
| LDAA | Locally Developed Alternative Assessment |