Racial Equity Progress Metrics

Equitable Access to High-Quality Teaching

Pillar 1 Metric: For this pillar, we assess students’ access to high-quality instruction, measured through the percent of students assigned to a teacher rated Proficient I or higher on TEI. ​

Target: Our target for this measure is based on the percentage of teachers identified as Proficient I or higher on TEI. As a result, the target may shift slightly between years.

Equitable Access to & Experience in District Programming

Pillar 2 Metric: For this pillar, we assess students’ access to advanced coursework. Currently, this is measured for secondary students, we are exploring ways to assess elementary students as well. For secondary students, we examine the percentage of students who scored Meets or Masters on their prior year STAAR and/or EOC assessment who are enrolled in advanced courses (Honors, AP, IB, etc.). ​

Target: Our target is that 100% of students who scored Meets or Masters on their prior year STAAR and/or EOC assessment enroll in advanced courses.​

Equitable Access to High-Quality Leadership

Pillar 3 Metric: For this pillar, we assess students’ access to high-quality instructional leadership, measured through the percent of students attending a school led by a principal who was rated Proficient I or higher on PEI. ​
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Target: Our target for this measure is based on the percentage of principals identified as Proficient I or higher on PEI. As a result, the target may shift slightly between years.

A Racially Diverse and Culturally Responsive Workforce

Pillar 4 Metric: For this pillar, we assess students’ sense of belonging, measured through the percent of students who express a sense of belonging at their campus.

Target: We track and measure student sense of belonging as one of our Constraint Progress Measures as a system: by 2025, we want to see 64% of students expressing a sense of belonging at their campus. Based on this overall goal, we set school level-specific targets, accounting for the differences in responses between the elementary and secondary school level.

Meaningful and Authentic Engagement of All Stakeholders

Pillar 5 Metric: For this pillar, we assess families’ sense of progress, measured as the average percentage of families at a student’s campus who respond that they believe the district is headed in the right direction on the Spring family survey.

Target: We aspire for high levels of satisfaction with our families and have set a target of 90%.

Equitable Access to High-Quality Facilities

Pillar 6 Metric: For this pillar, we assess the condition of students’ campuses, measured as the percentage of students who attend a learning-ready facility. This is measured using our facilities condition index, which assesses the physical condition of Dallas ISD buildings.​

Target: We aspire for 100% of students to attend school in a facility that meets our learning-ready standard.