Accountability to students and the community is an integral part of public education. Blue Ridge ISD is held accountable to federal, state, and local standards and benchmarks. Blue Ridge ISD is dedicated to meeting the needs of students by collecting, analyzing, and reporting a variety of data for district and campus leadership. This data supports and guides the district in planning.

The overall design of the accountability evaluates performance according to three domains: Student achievement, school progress, and closing the gaps.

• Student Achievement: evaluates performance across all subjects for all students on both general and alternate assessments, College, Career, and Military Readiness (CCMR) indicators, and graduation rates

• School Progress: measures district and campus outcomes in the number of students that grew at least one year academically as measured by STAAR results and the achievement of all students relative to districts or campuses with similar economically disadvantaged percentages.

• Closing the gaps: Uses disaggregated data to demonstrate differences among racial/ethnic groups, socioeconomic backgrounds, and other factors. The indicators included in this domain and the domain's construction aligns the state accountability system with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

Districts and campuses receive an overall rating, as well as a rating for each domain. The rating labels for districts and campuses are:

• A, B, or C: Assigned for overall performance and for performance in each domain to districts and campuses that meet the performance target for the letter grade.

• Not Rated- Senate Bill 1365: Assigned in 2022 for overall performance to districts and campuses that do not meet the performance target to earn at least a C.

View the District and Campus Information.

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The Texas Academic Performance Reports (TAPR) pull together a wide range of information on the performance of students in each school and district in Texas every year. Performance is disaggregated by student groups, including ethnicity and socioeconomic status. The reports also provide extensive information on school district staff, programs, and student demographics.

The TAPR was previously known as the Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS) Reports. These reports were published from 2003-04 to 2011-12.

The school report card (SRC) combines accountability ratings, data from the Texas Academic Performance Reports (TAPR), and financial information to provide a broad view of campus performance. Available for each campus in Texas, the school report card is intended specifically to inform parents and guardians about a school's individual characteristics and academic performance.

Formerly known as the Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis System (PBMAS), The Results Driven Accountability (RDA) is an automated data system that reports annually on the performance of local education agencies (LEAs) in selected program areas (bilingual education/English as a second language, career and technical, certain federal Title programs, and special education).

The Texas Education Agency awards an accreditation status to each public school district and charter school. The accreditation status is based on the academic accountability rating and financial ratings from the Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas. A district or charter must be accredited by the state to operate as a public school. Read More HERE.

The Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (Schools FIRST) is administered by the Texas Education Agency and calculated on information submitted to TEA via the district's Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) submission each year. The Schools FIRST accountability rating system assigns one of four financial accountability ratings to Texas school districts.

These ratings include:

• Superior Achievement

• Above-Standard Achievement

• Standard Achievement

• Substandard Achievement