Student Growth Component

Student growth is a required component of all TIA systems. The PfISD TIA system is designed with consideration of students first, with emphasis on the belief and expectation that, with high-yield student-centered instruction, all students will learn and grow. This belief is reflected in a system that includes as many students as possible in the evaluation of growth.

Utilizing the TEA-approved pre-test/post-test method of measuring TIA student growth, growth is determined by students meeting district-specified growth measures from beginning-of-year (BOY) to end-of-year (EOY) assessments.

To be eligible for a designation, TEA has advised minimum performance standards for student growth outcomes, which the PfISD designation system currently follows as a starting place for determining designations. PfISD may increase these minimums at any time to maintain the validity and reliability of the district’s TIA system.

To be eligible for a designation, a minimum of 55% of students who are attributed to the teacher and evaluated for growth must meet the district-established student growth measure.

 

Specific information on the student growth component is available to PfISD teachers in the PfISD TIA Guidebook at this link.