2023 Annual Report

ANNUAL

REPORT

2023

2 ANNUAL REPORT 2023

Contents

2 A Message From

Commissioner Morath

3 TEA Strategic Plan

4 School Finance

5 88th Legislative Updates

to School Funding

6 School Safety and Security

7 Special Education

8 Priority

Recruit, Support and

Retain Teachers and

Principals

9 Priority

Build a Foundation for

Reading and Math

10 Priority

Connect High School to

Career and College

11 Priority

Improve Low-

Performing Schools

12 Assessment

13 Student Demographics

14 A National Comparison

References and

Citations

p Alice ISD

A MESSAGE FROM

Commissioner Morath

My Fellow Texans,

The achievements of Texas students are a testament to the hard

work of educators across the state. Their training, passion and

commitment are the driving forces behind the positive outcomes for

our students. With skilled educators, strong school system leaders,

and statewide policies passed by lawmakers that prioritize the

needs of our students, Texas has taken signicant steps to ensure

that education is a pathway to success for all, regardless of zip code

or circumstance.

As we celebrate the progress and achievements of 2023, we must also

acknowledge that our work is far from complete. The ever-changing

nature of the educational landscape requires us, as educators,

to learn and grow. It is with this spirit that the Texas Education

Agency will continue to support school leaders in their efforts to

continuously improve for our students. Together, we will ensure

Texas students are well-prepared for a future of unlimited potential.

Yours in Service,

Mike Morath

Texas Education Commissioner

ANNUAL REPORT 3

Strategic Plan

VISION

Every child, prepared for success

in college, career, or the military.

GOAL

By 2030, at least 60% of Texans will

have a degree, certicate, or other

postsecondary credential of value as

part of Building a Talent Strong Texas.

Strategic Priorities

RECRUIT, SUPPORT

AND RETAIN

TEACHERS AND

PRINCIPALS

BUILD A

FOUNDATION FOR

READING AND

MATH

CONNECT HIGH

SCHOOL TO CAREER

AND COLLEGE

IMPROVE

LOW-PERFORMING

SCHOOLS

RECRUIT, SUPPORT

AND RETAIN

TEACHERS AND

PRINCIPALS

BUILD A

FOUNDATION FOR

READING AND

MATH

CONNECT HIGH

SCHOOL TO CAREER

AND COLLEGE

IMPROVE

LOW-PERFORMING

SCHOOLS

RECRUIT, SUPPORT

AND RETAIN

TEACHERS AND

PRINCIPALS

BUILD A

FOUNDATION FOR

READING AND

MATH

CONNECT HIGH

SCHOOL TO CAREER

AND COLLEGE

IMPROVE

LOW-PERFORMING

SCHOOLS

RECRUIT, SUPPORT

AND RETAIN

TEACHERS AND

PRINCIPALS

BUILD A

FOUNDATION FOR

READING AND

MATH

CONNECT HIGH

SCHOOL TO CAREER

AND COLLEGE

IMPROVE

LOW-PERFORMING

SCHOOLS

Teachers are the most

important in-school

factor affecting student

outcomes.

Focus on the

fundamentals

to eliminate the

achievement gap.

Rigor and relevance

matter.

Every child. Every

classroom. Every day.

Year-Over-Year Student Outcomes

Local district

reading

assessments,

Fall 2022.

STAAR

Meets

Grade Level

or Above,

Spring

2023.

STAAR

Meets

Grade Level

or Above,

Spring

2023.

STAAR

Meets

Grade Level

or Above,

Spring

2023.

STAAR

Meets

Grade Level

or Above,

Spring

2023.

HS Graduates

Demonstrating

CCM Readiness

on 1 or More

Indicators.

Class of 2022.

Students

Graduating

Within

4 Years,

2022.

HS Graduates

Enrolled

in Public/

Private College

Nationally

Within

1 Year, 2020.

HS Graduates

with Level I/II

Certicates, 2-Year

Degree, or 4-Year

Degree Nationally

Within 6 Years,

Class of 2015.

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p Aldine ISD

School Finance

To support student

outcomes, the Texas

public education system

is funded through local

property tax collections, state

funding, and federal dollars.

The Permanent School Fund –

the country’s largest educational

endowment – also contributes funds

for school systems each year.

Annual Funding

$14,928

PER STUDENT

+42%

SINCE 2011

TOTAL

$80.6B

Increased Maintenance and Operations (M&O) Funding

ANNUAL REPORT 5

88th Legislative Updates to School Funding

School Funding Components

Most funding is allocated to school systems based on needs, using weighted per-pupil funding formulas.

These formulas allocate resources to schools for various purposes. The largest allocation addresses

the ongoing operating costs of schools, known as Maintenance and Operations (M&O) funding.

addition, the subset of public schools that are Independent School Districts can raise property taxes to

cover debt service related to building construction in an allocation known as Interest and Sinking (I&S)

funds. Lastly, federal funding, along with other state grants and fees, contribute to the nancial support

of schools. M&O funding is made up of a variety of allotments

, with only about half of M&O funding

coming from the Basic Allotment.

$14,928

2021-22 FUNDING PER STUDENT

$244

M&O Funding Components

$2,627

$1,699

$10,358

$3,000

$6,000

$9,000

$12,000

$15,000

6 ANNUAL REPORT 2023

School Safety & Security

Supporting Safer Schools

Ensuring the safety of Texas students, educators, and campus staff is paramount. With a combination

of legislative initiatives and regional support, Texas is creating a comprehensive approach to school

safety. Based in seven sectors throughout Texas, TEA’s technical assistance team visits schools every

day, offering support and expertise to help schools bolster their safety measures. The Texas Legislature

continues to enact policies and allocate resources for Texas school systems to enhance safety measures

and safeguard their campuses.

Supporting Mental Health

The Texas Child Health

Access Through Telemedicine

(TCHATT)

initiative, with

funding provided through

higher education medical

institutions, is available for

every school system in the state.

With permission from parents,

referrals from educators allow

for access to trained mental

health professionals. Currently,

over 700 school systems have

opted in, including 90% of rural

districts.

2022-25 Funding to Secure Texas Schools

ANNUAL REPORT 7

Special Education

p Carl Hannemann, McGregor ISD Teacher

Special Education Progress

Students with disabilities have the right to receive individualized learning opportunities. Parents have

special legal rights to request a special education evaluation for their child at any time.

School systems in Texas have made major improvements in identifying students with disabilities.

MORE STUDENTS EVALUATED & SERVED

10,11

TEA offers school systems a variety of targeted trainings in

Special Education.

As an example, one TEA training helps

districts ensure they have strong individualized education

programs (IEPs) written for each student. Strong plans lead to

improvements in student learning.

“I aended the Standards-Based IEP training my very ﬁrst year

teaching Kindergarten and First Grade Special Education and I was

extremely thankful I did! is training gave me tools to help support

the curriculum for my students and bridge the gaps between my

students’ present levels in their general education seing and the

state standards. I encourage all SPED teachers, regardless of years

of experience, to take part in this worthwhile training.”

CARL HANNEMANN, MCGREGOR ISD TEACHER

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Recruit, Support and Retain Teachers

and Principals

Surveys consistently show that teacher satisfaction is driven by three

key factors – pay, training, and working conditions.

There are many

factors that contribute to teacher working conditions, but time is a

universal constraint. Many teachers spend time searching for and

creating instructional materials and lesson plans, and still have to nd

additional hours in the day to plan instructional differentiation and

grade papers. To respect and value teacher time, the Teacher Vacancy

Task Force recommended that local school systems provide educators

with access to high-quality instructional materials.

p Spring ISD

Supporting Teachers Means Providing Materials

260M

Teacher Incentive Allotment Increasing Pay for Teachers

Improving compensation strategically

means ensuring our best teachers

have access to higher pay to help keep

them in the classroom. Much progress

has been made in recent years due

to the Teacher Incentive Allotment

(TIA).

Created by House Bill (HB) 3

in 2019, TIA offers Texas teachers a

viable route to earning a six-gure

salary, with higher weighted funding

for rural and high-needs schools.

Overall, TIA funding is dramatically

increasing as more teachers see

signicant pay raises.

TOTAL ALLOTMENTS DISTRIBUTED TO TEXAS DISTRICTS BY YEAR

$50M

$100M

$150M

$200M

$250M

$300M

Currently, 251 rural districts, or 33% of all rural districts participate in TIA. Rural participation continues

to increase, with 73 new districts joining TIA in the last year.

ANNUAL REPORT 9

Build a Foundation for Reading and Math

p Maypearl ISD

High-Quality Instructional Materials

Students greatly benet when teachers have access to high-quality

instructional materials. These materials ensure teachers can offer

content that is rigorous and on grade level, while also supporting

the acceleration of students who are behind. Recognizing the

importance of ensuring these materials are available to educators,

the Legislature passed HB 1605 (88R). HB 1605 establishes a new

instructional material review and approval process for the

State Board of Education to evaluate and approve high-quality

materials and provides school systems formula funding to

purchase those materials.

10 ANNUAL REPORT 2023

Connect High School to Career and College

Preparing students for life beyond high school is

vital for their economic future and the growth of

the state, as most jobs require some education and

training beyond high school. HB 8 (88R) created

an incentive for colleges to partner with school

systems to help students earn 15 hours of college

credit in high school. The Legislature also provides

incentives to transform certain traditional high

schools into specially-designed college and career

readiness schools to maximize the postsecondary

success of students.

p Fort Worth ISD

GRADUATES EARNING 15 OR MORE DUAL CREDIT HOURS

66%

Schools that adopt a specialized College and Career Readiness School Model have the

most success supporting students to graduate with 15 or more dual credit hours, with

on average

66% of their graduates reaching that achievement.

GROWTH OF COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS SCHOOL MODELS

2024

ANNUAL REPORT 11

Improve Low-Performing Schools

Accelerating Campus Excellence

Strategic campus and district-level supports are critical to

improve low-performing schools. The Accelerating Campus

Excellence (ACE) model is a strategic approach with proven

effectiveness. Within the rst year of implementation, campuses

adopting ACE have demonstrated remarkable progress in their

accountability ratings, in many cases transforming from F-rated

to B-rated schools in a single year.

CAMPUSES

40+

STUDENTS

50,000+

District Success with an ACE Model

Recent research on one

district’s ACE implementation

found positive impacts

on student performance

in math and in reading

when compared to similar

schools.

Further, the

researchers identified that

students who had more

time in ACE schools had the

greatest benefits, and that the

program was scalable.

IMPROVEMENTS IN ACHIEVEMENT FOR STUDENTS AT ACE SCHOOLS

12 ANNUAL REPORT 2023

Assessment

STAAR

Redesign

p El Paso ISD

As a result of HB 3906, passed by the 86th Texas

Legislature in 2019, students were assessed

on redesigned State of Texas Assessments of

Academic Readiness (STAAR

) during the 2022-

2023 school year.

The redesign was focused on

changes to the tests to align more closely with

the classroom experience. TEA collaborated with

teachers, administrators, parents, and students to

develop an instructionally supportive approach to

implementing these changes.

TEXAS LEGISLATURE

HB 3906

Legislative Session

A Test Created to Align with

Effective Instruction

STAAR was redesigned in four key ways to

improve alignment to the classroom experience.

Prioritize cross-curricular passages

in reading that reference topics

that students have learned about in

other classes

Include writing in all reading tests,

and have students write in response

to what they have read

Add new, non-multiple-choice test

items that are more like questions

teachers ask in class

Students with specic learning needs

can use a full suite of accommodations

while taking the test, matching

accommodations provided by teachers

during instruction

80%+ of Educators

agree that new question types will

impact instructional planning .

The biggest benet lies in it mirroring

our classroom practices. With the STAAR

redesign, the state is aligning assessment

with how our students learn and

demonstrate their understanding; this

change gets a resounding thumbs

up from educators.

Student Focus Groups

Students participated in input

gathering around new question types

including feedback sessions, think-

alouds, and perception sharing.

I enjoyed answering some of these

questions more than multiple choice

problems. The drop down box in the

sentence allows me to think, put words

into sentences, and help me organize

my thoughts.

ANNUAL REPORT 13

Student Demographics

STATE OF TEXAS EDUCATION

STUDENTS

5,518,432

TEACHERS

371,778 9,054

CAMPUSES

1,209

SCHOOL SYSTEMS

NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED

IN EACH SCHOOL SYSTEM

Enrolled as of October 2022

ETHNICITY

14 ANNUAL REPORT 2023

USA TX CA FLMA NY

KEY:

Change in ranking from 2019

A National Comparison

2022: HOW TEXAS COMPARES

Results from the 2022 NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress), also known as the Nation’s

Report Card, highlight the hard work of Texas teachers and students.

READING GRADE 4

200

210

220

230

240

1998 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022

240

230

220

210

1998 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022

Ranked

READING GRADE 8

240

250

260

270

280

1998 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022

280

270

260

250

1998 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022

Ranked

MATH GRADE 4

210

220

230

240

250

260

2000 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022

260

250

220

230

240

2000 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022

-2

Ranked

MATH GRADE 8

250

260

270

280

290

300

310

2000 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022

310

300

270

280

290

260

2000 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022

Ranked

TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY

ANNUAL REPORT 15

Endnotes

References and Citations

1 https://www.highered.texas.gov/our-work/talent-strong-

texas/

2 SY 22-23 Data: Texas Public Education Information

Resource (TPEIR) http://www.texaseducationinfo.org/,

Texas Education Agency.

SY 21-22 Data Source: TX-KEA BOY Assessment Data

provided by CLI, SY21-22; mCLASS BOY Assessment Data

in ECDS, SY21-22.

The shift in the TX-KEA scoring methodology for SY

2021-22 resulted in a change to statewide Kindergarten

readiness data from 58% to 45%

3 2023 Consolidated Accountability File (CAF), Texas

Education Agency.

4 The College Board, ACT, PEIMS, International

Baccalaureate, and the Texas Higher Education

Coordinating Board (THECB).

5 https://rptsvr1.tea.texas.gov/acctres/completion/2022/

state.html

6 PEIMS, THECB, and National Student Clearinghouse.

7 https://tea.texas.gov/about-tea/news-and-multimedia/2023-

annual-report-school-nance-and-88th-legislative-updates-

end-notes.pdf

8 https://tcmhcc.utsystem.edu/tchatt/

9 https://tea.texas.gov/about-tea/news-and-multimedia/2023-

annual-report-2022-25-funding-to-secure-texas-schools-

end-note.pdf

10 https://tea.texas.gov/academics/special-student-

populations/special-education/overview-of-special-

education-for-parents.pdf

11 PEIMS Fall 2022 Snapshots (A.ENROLL_DEMOG23F,

A.DEMOG_DOB23F, SPECED_DIS_STUDENT23F, SPECED_

PGM_STUDENT23F and SPECED_SVC_STUDENT23F) with

Windham separate submission.

12 sch_cc.v_cf_stu_program_view (TSDS Child Find data)

extracted from the Oracle database where SCHOOL_

YEAR=2023 and duplicate records removed based on

TX_UNIQUE_STUDENT_ID and DISTRICT_ID.

13 https://spedsupport.tea.texas.gov/

14 Teacher Vacancy Task Force Report; https://tea.texas.gov/

texas-schools/health-safety-discipline/tvtf-nal-report.pdf

15 2022-23 TIA Annual Report; https://tiatexas.org/wp-

content/uploads/2023/11/TIA-Annual-Report-2022-23.pdf

(https://tiatexas.org/)

16 The 2023-24 projection is based on recent district TIA

system acceptance and proposed designations. The nal

2023-24 TIA allotment will be available in Spring 2024.

17 https://tea.texas.gov/academics/instructional-materials/

house-bill-1605

18 PEIMS; Pass/Fail indicator and Dual Credit Course Hour

elds

19 Texas Education Agency. Annual Portfolio size data.

https://tea.texas.gov/academics/college-career-and-military-

prep/texas-college-and-career-readiness-school-models-

ccrsm

20 As a result of changes to statutory authority and a

decrease in the total number of T-STEM campuses, the

T-STEM model was ocially sunset in June 2023. At that

time, T-STEM campuses had the option to transition to

either the ECHS model or the P-TECH model.

21 Morgan, A. J., Hguyen, M., Hanushek, E. A., Ost, B., &

Rivkin, S. G. (2023). Attracting and Retaining Highly

Eective Educators in Hard-to-Sta Schools (National

Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 31051);

https://www.nber.org/system/les/working_papers/

w31051/w31051.pdf

22 https://tea.texas.gov/student-assessment/assessment-

initiatives/staar-redesign

23 Texas Education Agency. PEIMS

24 Texas Education Agency.

https://tea.texas.gov/reports-

and-data/school-performance/accountability-research/

enroll-2022-23.pdf

25 U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education

Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics,

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

Ranking does not include DoDEA = Department of Defense

Education Activity or DC = District of Columbia

26 NCES; https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d22/tables/

dt22_236.70.asp

This graphic includes an expenditure per pupil of $12,374

from the 2019-20 school year from NCES. Note, this is

a dierent data source than that used to calculate per

student funding values on pages 4 & 5, and the $14,928

value on those pages is for a dierent school year:

2021-22.

27 US Department of Education, IES, NCES, NAEP 2022

tea.texas.gov I TXschools.gov I texasassessment.gov

@TexasEducationAgency