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Rules  \n[isbe](isbe.net)[.net](isbe.net)  \nTable of Contents  \nPublic Business Rules: 2026 Summative Designation Requirements and Business Rules ....................... 1  \nTable of Contents ........................................................................................................................... 1  \nRevision History ............................................................................................................................. 2  \nSummative Designation ................................................................................................................. 3  \nDefinition ................................................................................................................................... 3  \nGrades....................................................................................................................................... 3  \nGeneral Business Rule(s) ............................................................................................................ 4  \nBusiness Rules Process 1: Assign Each Student to an Accountable School..................................... 9  \nBusiness Rules Process 2: Compile the Relevant Student Data .................................................... 18  \nBusiness Rules Process 3: Calculate Raw Performance on Each Indicator .................................... 18  \nBusiness Rules Process 4: Assign the Applicable Performance Levels for Each Indicator ............... 24  \nBusiness Rules Process 5: Determine Core Performance ............................................................ 26  \nBusiness Rules Process 6: Determine Elevation .......................................................................... 27  \nBusiness Rules Process 7: Generate Profile Performance Level (e.g. , designation or summative designation) ............................................................................................................................. 27  \nBusiness Rules Process 8: Generate Report Pattern Data Elements ............................................. 29  \nBusiness Rules Process 9: Generate Progress Toward Long Term Goals Supplemental Data........... 33  \nRevision History  \nTable 1.A. Revision History  \n\n| Version | Date Updated | Revision(s) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1.0 | October 1, 2026 | Initial version |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n\nSummative Designation  \nDefinition  \n• Summative Designation is the annual accountability designation assigned to each school pursuant to ESSA. The summative designation for all public schools receiving a designation is located on the Illinois Report Card.  \n• The ESSA required accountability system was fully redesigned for school year 2026. The business rules that follow reflect that redesign.  \n• Information on the previous accountability system can be found in the history section of the ESSA webpage – [www.isbe.net/essa](www.isbe.net/essa).  \nGrades  \n• Entities serving grades K and higher.  \no Note: schools serving grade Pre-K or K only are not eligible for a summative designation.  \n• By indicator:  \no Proficiency  \n▪ ELA & math grades 3-11*  \n▪ Science grades 5, 8, & 11*  \n▪ *Grade 11 is understood to be inclusive of a small number of students who were supposed to test in grade 11 but did so as grade 12 students.  \no Growth  \n▪ ELA & math grades 4-11*  \no Graduation rate  \n▪ As defined in the report card graduation rate business rule document.  \n•  Public Business Rules for 2026 Report Card Metrics  \no ELP  \n▪ Grades 2-12 – Grade 1 is considered the first grade that can serve as a baseline for calculations, and thus, as these students do not yet have two years of data with which to calculate progress, are not included in the calculations. Students in grade 1 may be included if they have repeated a year and have two grade 1 EL records and associated ACCESS data.  \no Consisten","cbCaif3ngkzdKiqy","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaif3ngkzdKiqy","pdf",813271,"English","# Summative Designation\n## Definition\n## Grades\n# General Business Rule(s)\n## Accountability bands\n## Core and elevating indicators\n# Business Rules Process 1: Assign Each Student to an Accountable School\n# Business Rules Process 2: Compile the Relevant Student Data\n# Business Rules Process 3: Calculate Raw Performance on Each Indicator\n# Business Rules Process 4: Assign the Applicable Performance Levels for Each Indicator\n# Business Rules Process 5: Determine Core Performance\n# Business Rules Process 6: Determine Elevation\n# Business Rules Process 7: Generate Profile Performance Level","[{\"question\":\"What is Summative Designation under the 2026 rules?\",\"answer\":\"Summative Designation is the annual accountability designation assigned to each school pursuant to ESSA, with results located on the Illinois Report Card.\"},{\"question\":\"Which grades and entities are eligible for summative designation?\",\"answer\":\"Entities serving grades K and higher are included, but schools serving only Pre-K or only K are not eligible. Progress calculations also exclude some grades based on having sufficient prior-year data.\"},{\"question\":\"What indicator categories are used in the accountability bands?\",\"answer\":\"Within each accountability band, indicators are split into core indicators and elevating indicators as shown in Table 2.A, covering measures such as composite proficiency, composite growth, ELP, consistent attendance, climate survey, and (for high school only) composite graduation rate.\"}]","Public Business Rules: 2026 Summative Designation Requirements and Business Rules - Revision History - Summative Designation | PDF",1791603545,101]