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•Title page
•Introduction
•Acknowledgments
•National Summary
State Profiles
-Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Puerto Rico
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
•Sources
•Appendix A
•Appendix B
•Appendix C
•Full report in PDF format (956K)

State Education Indicators With a Focus on Title I

A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

Texas
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/

School and Teacher Demographics

Number of districts
(CCD, 1998-99)		 1,042
Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary Middle High Combined Other
3,664 1,504 1,365 458 237
Student/teacher ratio
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary Middle High
16:1 15:1 15:1
Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary Middle High Combined Other
119,685 61,107 67,959 6,994 3,053
Public school enrollment
  1989-90 1998-99
K-8
(CCD)		 2,443,245 2,731,264
9-12
(CCD)		 885,269 1,077,158
Pre-K
(by state definition)		 n/a 136,945

Sources of funding
District average
(CCD, 1996-97)

State 44.2%, Local 47.9%, Federal 7.6%, Intermediate 0.3%

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
  1989-90 1998-99
American Indian/Alaskan Natives 0.2% 0.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander 1.9 2.5
Black 14.6 14.4
Hispanic 33.1 38.6
White 50.3 44.1
Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91 1998-99
9.2% 11.5%
Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90 1996-97
309,862 513,634
Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94 1998-99
121,054 122,877
High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94 1997-98
2.7% n/a
Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95 1997-98
50% 54%

All schools by percent of students eligible to participate in the Free Lunch Program*
(CCD, 1998-99)

For 0 to 34%, 3,328 schools; 35 to 49%, 1,429 schools; 50 to 74%, 1,548 schools; and 75 to 100%, 771 schools.

*152 schools did not report.

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Statewide Accountability Information

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
≥50 percent passing on CRT (Lang. Arts, Math) for all race/ethnic groups, low-income (pass= 70%correct)

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
Pass rate increases 5 percent per year

Indicators for School Accountability
Assessment scores, attendance, dropout rates

Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for Schools
Same as statewide goal.

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
3,929 (94.9%)

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
  1998-99
K-8 1,532,016
9-12 258,094
Pre-K n/a
Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
  Schoolwide Targeted
Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives 5,231 223
Asian/Pacific Islander 24,868 624
Black 294,042 7,400
Hispanic 1,045,723 17,865
White 463,219 25,914
Title I allocation
(Includes Basic, Concentration, and LEA grants, Capital Expenditures, Even Start, Migrant Education, and Neglected & Delinquent, USED, 1998-99)		 $688,001,006

Number of schools with Title I programs
Schoolwide vs. targeted assistance (USED)

In 1996, 851 schools with schoolwide programs and 3,452 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 3,210 schoolwide, 807 targeted assistance; in 1999, 3,478 schoolwide, 663 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
Texas Assessment of Academic Skills, used since 1990

Progress Toward Assessment Aligned with Standards
Performance standards met review criteria of the U.S. Department of Education.

State Definition of "Proficient," used since 1995
Writing: Score of 1500 and above
Reading: TLI score of 70 and above
Math: TLI score of 70 and above

Definition of Title I Targeted Assistance
All students in Title I schools at tested grade are included in the assessment results.

Exclusion from Assessment
Students with disabilities and LEP students

Other Assessments
None

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grade 4

Reading/ Language Arts
  Partially Proficient Proficient Advanced
All Students 10.7% 51.2% 38.1%
Title I Schoolwide 14.3 55.4 30.3
Title I Targeted 7.5 50.3 42.3
Percent of School in Poverty      
  00-34 4.3 43.0 52.7
  75-100 18.7 58.0 23.3
LEP Students 26.6 60.1 13.3
Migrant students 20.0 61.7 18.4

Student achievement trend
Reading 4th grade meets or exceeds Proficient

For 1995-96, 77.8% of all students, 87.4% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 66.6% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Proficient. For 1996-97, 78.7% of all students, 87.9% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 68.4% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Proficient. For 1997-98, 89.4% of all students, 95.5% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 82.1% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Proficient. For 1998-99, 89.3% of all students, 95.7% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 81.3% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Proficient.

Mathematics
  Partially Proficient Proficient Advanced
All Students 11.8% 62.5% 25.7%
Title I Schoolwide 15.0 63.6 21.4
Title I Targeted 8.7 63.9 27.5
Percent of School in Poverty      
  00-34 5.8 59.9 34.3
  75-100 19.5 62.5 18.1
LEP Students 21.0 64.3 14.7
Migrant students 15.1 65.4 19.5

Grade 8

Reading/Language Arts
  Partially Proficient Proficient Advanced
All Students 10.6% 66.4% 23.1%
Title I Schoolwide 15.1 67.7 17.1
Title I Targeted 8.7 66.2 25.1
Percent of School in Poverty      
  00-34 5.6 65.0 29.4
  75-100 18.6 67.6 13.8
LEP Students 46.7 51.1 2.3
Migrant students 26.0 65.2 8.8

 

Mathematics
  Partially Proficient Proficient Advanced
All Students 12.5% 65.0% 22.5%
Title I Schoolwide 17.3 66.9 15.8
Title I Targeted 10.1 65.9 24.1
Percent of School in Poverty      
  00-34 7.0 62.7 30.2
  75-100 20.9 66.5 12.7
LEP Students 41.5 54.6 3.9
Migrant students 23.3 66.0 10.7

Student achievement trend
Math 8th grade meets or exceeds Proficient

For 1995-96, 68.0% of all students, 78.3% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 49.6% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Proficient. For 1996-97, 71.6% of all students, 80.5% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 56.8% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Proficient. For 1997-98, 83.1% of all students, 89.6% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 72.0% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Proficient. For 1998-99, 87.5% of all students, 92.9% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 79.2% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Proficient.

Grade 10

Reading
  Partially Proficient Proficient Advanced
All Students 10.1% 64.6% 25.4%
Title I Schoolwide 15.8 66.6 17.6
Title I Targeted 10.7 66.8 22.6

 

Mathematics
  Partially Proficient Proficient Advanced
All Students 17.0% 59.4% 23.7%
Title I Schoolwide 22.0 60.0 18.0
Title I Targeted 19.1 59.8 21.1

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NAEP State Results
  Grade 4 Grade 8
Reading, 1998:  
Proficient level and above 29% 28%
Basic level and above 63% 76%
Math, 2000:  
Proficient level and above 27% 25%
Basic level and above 77% 69%

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Sources

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