An essential tool for all district and campus staff

Provides a side-by-side comparison of three Texas accountability systems: State Accountability, Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), and Performance-Based Monitoring. The impact for each assessment instrument is described for the three accountability systems, along with graduation, attendance, and other statewide performance measures.
Price: $6 (Available late July 2007)

An essential tool for district and campus administrators and supervisors/directors of special programs.

Assists school districts and ESC personnel in identifying PEIMS reports available for each data collection category. This tool organizes the reports by student, staff, program, summary/TAKS, leaver/graduation, and finance reports. Each section includes report numbers, names, descriptions, and the values (data elements) associated with each report. A CD-ROM which contains sample layouts for each report and a supplemental flyer of attendance, discipline, course completion, Title I – Part A, special education restraint, and extended year reports are also included. Price: $20 (Currently available)

An essential guide for all budget managers and staff

Details the school finance accounting code structure and lists offund, function, class object, organization, and program intent codes are included as quick references, in addition to a two-sided ‘Frequently Used Accounting Codes’ list. Price: $10 (Currently available)

An essential guide for administrators responsible for discipline decision-making and coding

Explains the Texas Education Code, Chapter 37 - Discipline requirements, the changes in 2007-2008 for determining appropriate disciplinary responses to offenses, PEIMS data collection standards and coding requirements, and TEA’s Discipline Data Integrity System monitoring of the PEIMS 425 record data. Price: $10 (Available August 2007)