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Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST) window.state.tx /education/fast/

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  1. Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST)http://www.window.state.tx.us/education/fast/

  2. Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST) In an effort to improve academic achievement and encourage more effective use of public education dollars, the 81st Texas Legislature (2009) enacted provisions in House Bill 3 requiring Comptroller Susan Combs to perform a public education study. “FAST” will include cutting-edge research integrating academic performance measures with financial data to identify school districts and campuses that combine high academic achievement and cost-effective operations. The study is expected to be completed in late 2010, before the next legislative session. Texas State Comptroller: Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST)

  3. HB 3, Section 39.0821 • The comptroller shall identify school districts and campuses that use resource allocation practices that contribute to high academic achievement and cost-effective operations. In identifying districts and campuses under this section, the comptroller shall: • evaluate existing academic accountability and financial data by integrating the data; • rank the results of the evaluation under Subdivision (1) to identify the relative performance of districts and campuses; and • identify potential areas for district and campus improvement. Texas State Comptroller: Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST)

  4. HB 3, Section 39.0821 • In reviewing resource allocation practices of districts and campuses under this section, the comptroller shall ensure resources are being used for the instruction of students by evaluating: • the operating cost for each student; • the operating cost for each program; and • the staffing cost for each student. Texas State Comptroller: Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST)

  5. Comptroller’s Vision • In meeting requirements of HB 3, school districts and campuses shall be compared in a manner that is fair. • Campuses and districts in Texas exhibit a great deal of variety, and measures developed shall take these differences into account. • A school district or campus cannot be ranked on a single measure. • “Multiple lenses” shall be used comparing similar districts across a range of measures. Texas State Comptroller: Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST)

  6. Expert Advice • Superintendent Advisory Committee • Consultants • University of Texas at Dallas – Education Research Center • Lori Taylor, Texas A&M • Harrison Keller, University of Texas at Austin • Technical Teams • Academic Performance Measures • Financial and Efficiency Measures • General Policy • Peer Reviewers • Academic Performance Measures • Financial and Efficiency Measures Texas State Comptroller: Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST)

  7. Superintendent Advisory Committee • The Comptroller brought together a group of 17 superintendents to advise her on this project. They will, in turn, connect with other superintendents around the state to invite feedback. • Drawn from districts across the state, representing the variety of districts found in Texas. • Information on the Superintendent panel can be found on our Web site: http://www.window.state.tx.us/education/fast/superintendent.html • Your input is welcomed and encouraged. Texas State Comptroller: Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST)

  8. Superintendent Advisory Committeehttp://www.window.state.tx.us/education/fast/members.html Texas State Comptroller: Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST)

  9. Superintendent Advisory Committee • Have held two meetings with the Superintendent panel and a third is scheduled for January 26 during the TASA Mid Winter Conference. • Summaries of these meetings can be found at: http://www.window.state.tx.us/education/fast/meeting/ • A series of conference calls with superintendents and some of their staff have been held between meetings. • These smaller work groups looked at four broad issues. Texas State Comptroller: Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST)

  10. Superintendent Work Groups • Cost Drivers What major costs – including those imposed on you by state or federal requirements – are beyond your control? • What are the most important areas of expense that drive your budget? • Which major costs are driven by market conditions, such as labor costs, energy costs, etc? • Which major costs are mandates, such as staffing ratios, salary schedules, teacher credentials, etc? • Which critical financial indicators do you monitor throughout the year? Texas State Comptroller: Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST)

  11. Superintendent Work Groups • Indicators of Student Performance and Improvement What are the five most important indicators of student performance and improvement? • What are the keys to measuring those indicators accurately and reliably? • Are some student performance indicators different for campus assessment rather than district assessment? • Which critical indicators of academic progress do you monitor for budget development throughout the year? Texas State Comptroller: Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST)

  12. Superintendent Work Groups • Campus and District Grouping for Analysis What would be the most effective or fairest manner to group campuses and districts for analysis? • Compare with other campuses/districts: • With Students who have similar characteristics? • With the similar size and/or geographic settings? • With the TEA comparable improvement group? • With similar averages/ratings one, two or three years prior? • With others in your ESC Region? • With the rest of the state? Texas State Comptroller: Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST)

  13. Superintendent Work Groups • Best Practices What are the best practices for efficiently and effectively improving student achievement? • What types of best practices are practical and which are not for school districts to adopt? • Why do superintendents believe the practices cited are in fact “best” practices?  • What type of evidence persuades superintendents that a practice is best for improving student achievement? • Would similar evidence persuade a superintendent that a practice is best for improving financial accountability? Texas State Comptroller: Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST)

  14. Superintendent Work Groups Summaries of the work group discussions can be found on our Web site: http://www.window.state.tx.us/education/fast/meeting/wgmeeting.html Texas State Comptroller: Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST)

  15. Technical TeamsThese teams will work with Comptroller staff and consultants in developing the report’s methodology. Academic Performance Team Lead: Comptroller and UT-Dallas (Dan O’Brien, Ph.D. and Jim Parsons) • Gloria Zyskowski, Ph.D., Texas Education Agency • Chrys Dougherty, Ph.D., National Center for Educational Accountability • Jim VanOverschelde, Ph.D., Texas Education Agency • Victor Willson, Ph.D., Texas A&M • Dash Weerasinghe, Ph.D., Plano ISD • Jon Lorence, Ph.D., University of Houston • Lori Taylor, Ph.D., Texas A&M Texas State Comptroller: Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST)

  16. Technical TeamsThese teams will work with Comptroller staff and consultants in developing the report’s methodology. Financial Performance Team Lead: Comptroller and Lori Taylor, Ph.D. • Tom Canby, Texas Association of School Business Officials • Lisa Dawn-Fisher, Ph.D., Texas Education Agency • Timothy Gronberg, Ph.D., Texas A&M • Anthony Rolle, Ph.D., Texas A&M • Kathy Hays, Ph.D., SMU • Jim Dyer, Ph.D., McCombs School of Business, UT-Austin • Jim Parsons, UT-Dallas Texas State Comptroller: Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST)

  17. Technical TeamsThese teams will work with Comptroller staff and consultants in developing the report’s methodology. General Policy Team Lead: Comptroller and Harrison Keller, Ph.D. • Pedro Reyes, Ph.D., UT-Austin Education Research Center • Hersh Waxman, Ph.D., Texas A&M Education Research Center • Anthony Rolle, Ph.D., Texas A&M • Marguerite Roza, Ph.D., University of Washington • Eric Hanushek, Ph.D., Stanford • Lori Fey, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Texas State Comptroller: Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST)

  18. Peer Reviewers • Outside reviewers will examine the methodologies developed by the Comptroller and our consultants in conjunction with the Technical Teams. • One set of peer reviewers will look at academic measures and the other will review financial and efficiency measures. • List of peer reviewers has not been finalized. • Will be nationally-recognized experts in measures of academic and financial performance. Texas State Comptroller: Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST)

  19. Web Site Ideas • In addition to the report required by HB 3, the Comptroller’s FAST project will include a Web tool that will allow users to choose which districts or campuses they would like to compare across a variety of academic and financial indicators. • The new measures of student performance and school district efficiency developed to meet the requirements of HB 3 will be included among the indicators available at this new Web site. • The following slides are intended to give you an idea of what such a Web site might look like. This is just one idea; our final product may look a little different. Texas State Comptroller: Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST)

  20. Entry Screen for Web Site Select: District Campus For this example, we’ll assume the user chooses to look at districts. Texas State Comptroller: Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST)

  21. District Indicators Users would then select a year or a three-year average: Once that selection is made, users would be taken to a screen allowing them to group districts in a variety of ways. Texas State Comptroller: Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST)

  22. District Indicators Group districts by: Users would be able to filter districts by one or more of these grouping categories. These are just example “groupings” by which districts (or campuses) could be filtered. Many more would be available in the final version. Texas State Comptroller: Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST)

  23. District Indicators Assume, for the purposes of this example, that the user selected 3-year Average from the “Year” filter. User could then select other filters, say, “Size” and “Region”: For our example, we’ll say the user wanted to look at three-year averages for medium-sized districts in Region 2. Texas State Comptroller: Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST)

  24. District Indicators The user would then see a table showing three-year averages for a variety of indicators for all medium-sized districts in Region 2. Again, the indicators below are just examples. Texas State Comptroller: Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST)

  25. District Indicators Users would then be able to sort the districts by any of the indicators by clicking on the column headers. 3-Year Averages, Medium-Sized districts, Region 2, sorted by TAKS Pass Rates: Texas State Comptroller: Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST)

  26. Timeline • Comptroller staff and consultants are now working with the Technical Teams to develop methodologies. • Academic performance measures, which will be some version of a “value-added” model, will be developed first. • These will be combined with financial measures to give us measures of resource allocation – or efficiency – for districts and campuses, as required by HB 3. • It is important to stress that we will NOT have a single measure of efficiency by which we will rank every district in the state from 1 to 1,030. • The Comptroller understands that, in Texas, the variety of circumstances in which districts across the state operate means that no single measure can be used to compare all districts or campuses. Texas State Comptroller: Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST)

  27. For More Information http://www.window.state.tx.us/education/fast Project Manager: Olga Garza, Senior Research Analyst Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (512) 475-0939 olga.garza@cpa.state.tx.us Texas State Comptroller: Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST)

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