ERG Efficiency Presentation
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This document discusses Texas public school finance. It covers topics such as student enrollment trends, inflation rates, operating costs, funding sources, cost of education indexes, teacher salaries, and developing frameworks to analyze school district performance while adjusting for factors outside districts' control like regional costs and student demographics. The goal is to measure leadership and program effectiveness rather than factors beyond districts' control and identify best practices to develop effective policies and strategies.
ERG Efficiency Presentation
- 1. Texas Public School Finance Education Resource Group, Inc.
- 2. Getting The Facts Right “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” President John Adams (1770) “... be relentless about acquiring quality data … focus on analysis and evidence-based decision making … go where that evidence leads”. Gates Foundation – Education Commission of the States Page 2
- 3. Student Enrollment In Public Education Page 3
- 4. Inflation Page 4
- 5. Constant Dollar Growth in All Funds Operating Costs Page 5
- 6. Foundation School Program (FSP) Revenues Source: Texas Education Agency Page 6
- 7. Texas Public School Finance Cost of Education Index
- 8. Texas Education Code Sec. 42.102. COST OF EDUCATION ADJUSTMENT The basic allotment for each district is adjusted to reflect the geographic variations in known resource costs and costs of education due to factors beyond the control of the school district. The Cost of Education Index is intended to compensate for regional variations in resource cost by providing a means of converting a statewide value into an equivalent local value. Page 8
- 9. Resource Costs The Most Basic of Public Education Resource Cost Average Base Salary of Teachers Page 9
- 10. Education Cost Index and Teacher’s Salaries Develop a Cost of Education Index that more accurately represents the geographic variations in average salary for all teachers. Page 10
- 11. Predictive Ability of the FSP Cost of Education Index Page 11
- 12. Improve the Cost of Education Index 1. Distorts any analysis of equity. 2. Must achieve its statutory goal. 3. Reviewed before each legislative session. Page 12
- 13. Texas Public School Finance An Efficient System of Public Education
- 14. Fundamentals of Public Education Finance The 200 Largest Public School Districts in Texas Page 14
- 15. Leveling the Field in Public Education Finance Adjusted for Regional Costs and Student Demographics Page 15
- 16. Fundamentals of Public Education Achievement The 200 Largest Public School Districts in Texas Page 16
- 17. Leveling the Field in Public Education Achievement Adjusted for Student Demographics Page 17
- 18. Developing a Framework for Managing Performance Our goal must be to measure the quality of the district’s leadership and the effectiveness of their programs, not the demographics of their students. A Productivity Model demonstrates how effective each district is at taking the public’s resources and converting them into academic achievement. Page 18
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- 20. ERG Performance Matrix – High Value Districts Page 20
- 21. ERG Performance Matrix – Low Value Districts Page 21
- 22. Texas Public School Finance Case Studies in Performance Analysis
- 23. A Case Study in Performance Management Page 23
- 24. A Case Study in Performance Management Page 24
- 25. Contrast in Academic Performance Page 25
- 26. Contrast In Financial Performance Page 26
- 27. A Call to Action Access to Information for: Understanding organizational performance Analyzing strengths and weakness Identifying best practice organizations Setting goals and monitoring progress Developing effective policies and strategies Page 27