STAAR 3-8 Academic Performance to Attendance Comparison

Report Locations:

• Assessment>STAAR Grades 3-8>STAAR 3-8 Custom Reports>STAAR 3-8 & PEIMS
• Student>Student Custom Reports>STAAR & PEIMS

Summary: This report displays 3 years of longitudinal attendance data along with STAAR 3-8 achievement levels for all subjects with breakdowns by gender, ethnicity, and special programs (at risk, special education, economic disadvantage, emergent bilingual).

Usage: Use this report to analyze comparisons between STAAR achievement levels and chronically versus not chronically absent students. Chronically absent is defined as having a percentage in attendance (PIA) < 90.0%.

Special Notes:

• Counts are based on students having a STAAR 3-8 achievement level in the appropriate subject
• Both STAAR 3-8 and PEIMS Summer Attendance files must be loaded in order for counts to display

Data Source(s):

• STAAR 3-8
  • Math
  • Reading
  • Social Studies
  • Science
• PEIMS Summer
  • Interchange Student Attendance
    • 42400 – Basic Attendance

Definitions:

• Base file is STAAR 3-8 students
• # Students PIA < 90% (Chronics) = Count of students with a percentage in attendance < 90.0%
• # Students PIA >= 90% (Not Chronics) = Count of students with a percentage in attendance >= 90.0%
• Gender, Ethnicity, and Special Program breakout columns are based on STAAR results
• Does not include SIRS files
• Only includes results with a Score Code = S

Calculations:

• STAAR 3-8 by Achievement Level
  • (# Chronically Absent Students / # Students PIA < 90%) * 100 in each achievement level
  • (# Not Chronically Absent Students / # Students PIA >= 90%) * 100 in each achievement level
  • Note: Retesters count in highest level achieved
  • Note: Drill down on Chronically Absent or Not Chronically Absent percentages to see number of students in each category

Features:

• Filter on:
  • Multi-select Year (Default most recent 3 years based on STAAR)
  • Single select Campus
    • Based on STAAR 3-8 Campus
    • All Campuses (Default) – All campuses summed together
    • Individual Campus
  • Multi-select Grade
    • Based on STAAR 3-8 Grade Level Code (03-08)
    • All Grades (Default) – All grades summed together
  • Multi-select Student Category (Default All)
    • Total
    • Gender
    • Ethnicity
    • At Risk (Fall)
    • Special Education
    • Economic Disadvantage
    • Emergent Bilingual
    • Drill down on counts or percentages for detailed student lists