The Texas Education Agency (TEA) awarded seven 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 25% 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) shows the percentage of 11th grade students who are considered ready to begin college-level work, based on their performance on the TAKS exit-level examination. For acknowledgment on this indicator, the campuses must have 50% or more of its examinees scoring at or a scale score 2200.

Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate results - For acknowledgment on the indicator, the campus must meet both a participation requirement of 15% or more of 11th and 12th graders taking at least one AP/IB exam and a performance criteria of 50% or more scoring at or above the criterion score on at least one exam.

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

Midlothian ISD - Commended Performance in Reading, English/Language Arts and Writing; TSI in English/Language Arts & Math.

T.E. Baxter Elementary - Commended Performance in Reading/ELA, Math, Writing and Science. Accountability rating is Exemplary.

J.R. Irvin Elementary - Commended Performance in Reading/ELA, Math, Science and Writing. Accountability rating is Exemplary.

Longbranch Elementary - Commended Performance in Reading/ELA, Writing, Science and Math. Accountability rating is Exemplary.

Mt. Peak Elementary - Commended Performance in Writing and Science. Accountability rating is Exemplary.

J.A. Vitovsky Elementary - Accountability Rating is Academically Acceptable

Walnut Grove Middle School - Commended Performance in Reading/ELA, Social Studies, Math and Writing. Comparable Improvement in Math and Reading/ELA. Accountability rating is Recognized.

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

Midlothian High School - TX Success Initiative in ELA and Math. Accountability rating is Academically Acceptable.

The 2007 District Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS) will be available online in November at www.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2008.