Patterns of
school performance and expenditures among elementary and middle schools in 90
of Texas’ largest school districts
The pair of interactive
graphs that are presented by selecting Item 2 on the left display data
representing 3,453 elementary and middle schools which are members of 90 of
Texas’ largest school districts. The data, relating to the 2017-2018 school
year, are used to address the following questions:
1.
How
do the patterns of STAAR test score performance versus percent of economically
disadvantaged students vary among elementary and middle schools in these 90
large districts?
2.
How
do expenditures per pupil vary between higher-poverty and lower-poverty schools
within these 90 districts?
3.
How
much does per pupil spending for schools with at least 70 percent economically
disadvantaged students vary across the 90 large districts?
These
questions are explored in a paper which is linked to on the left, Item 8.
The
following figure gives an indication of the types of different performance
patterns exhibited by the elementary and middle schools in 6 different districts.
The light gray dots represent schools in the other 84 districts.
The brief
instructions contained in Items 3 through 6 should enable viewers to begin
interacting with the graphs and data to explore these or other questions on
their own.
Note that
the two buttons beneath the data area—LHG and RHG—permit putting different
graph layouts into each picture area. These and other options are described
more fully in the Instructions and Examples that are linked to beneath the data
table in the graphics page.
Questions
and feedback are welcomed. I can be
reached at ltoenjes@aol.com .
Larry
Toenjes
Clear Lake
Shores, TX