ECISD Shortage of Educational Materials & Effect on Education Quality Payton Kemp

Goals of the Board  Improve individual student performance  Assure instruction is aligned with TEKS  Employee a diverse staff  Reward, retain, and educate quality staff members  Renovate physical facilities  Ensure a secure learning environment  Establishing & updating state-of-the-art equipment.  Offering state of the art curriculum  Differentiating instruction to meet the needs of students  Promoting operational effectiveness and efficiency in appropriate expenditures.

Targeted Areas for Improvement  Parental involvement  Bilingual/ESL Programs  Math, Science and Reading/Language Arts  Ensuring highly qualified teachers  Attendance Rates  Dropouts  Following and satisfying the guidelines of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.

SOUNDS GREAT! but… WHAT IS MISSING?

We have... T e a c h e r s

We have … Students

Most of the time we have … B o o k s

But…not always!

Most of the time we have … Supplies

But…not always!

Most of the time we have … Manipulatives

But…not always!

The lack of books, supplies and manipulatives may not be the most critical component in improving the TAKS scores of ECISD students, but it is certainly an important component.

Lets take a look…  Kindergarten – School A  Unit = Classroom

McGraw Hill Reading Program Teacher’s EditionStudent WorkbooksBig BooksLeveled Readers Unit 1 100% of required components Unit 2 100% of required components Unit 3 50% of required components Unit 4 50% of required components Unit 5 50% of required components Unit 6 25% of required components 83%100%33%

Hartcourt Math Advantage – Math Program Teacher’s EditionStudent WorkbooksPractice Books Manipulatives Unit 1 75% of required components Unit 2 75% of required components Unit 3 75% of required components Unit 4 75% of required components Unit 5 50% of required components Unit 6 33% of required components 83%100%0%66%

McGraw Hill Friends and Neighbors – Social Studies Program Teacher’s EditionStudent WorkbooksFlip ChartResource Posters Unit 1 75% of required components Unit 2 75% of required components Unit 3 50% of required components Unit 4 0% of required components Unit 5 0% of required components Unit 6 0% of required components 50%0%33%50%

Scott Foresman Science – Science Program Teacher’s EditionStudent WorkbooksFlip ChartManipulatives Unit 1 75% of required components Unit 2 75% of required components Unit 3 25% of required components Unit 4 0% of required components Unit 5 0% of required components Unit 6 0% of required components 50%0%33%

JUNIOR HIGH TAKS SUMMARY DISTRICT7R7M7W8R8M8SS8SC9R9MDIFF Difference R7M7W8R8M8SS8SC9R9MDIFF District State Difference

Elementary TAKS Summary The tables show the percentage of students who passed each test & the comparison to the state averages DISTRICT3R3M4R4M4W5R5M5S6R6MDIFF Difference R3M4R4M4W5R5M5S6R6MDIFF District State