TSPR Venus Independent School District

Chapter 2
Educational Service Delivery
This chapter reviews the educational service delivery system of Venus Independent School District (VISD) in the following sections:

Student Performance

Instructional Resources

Gifted and Talented Education

Compensatory Education

Special Education

Bilingual/English as a Second Language Education

Career and Technology Education

Library/Media Services

Student Discipline and Alternative Education Programs

Computer Technology

To meet students’ needs, a district must have a well-designed and well-managed process for directing instructors, maintaining curriculum, evaluating and monitoring the success of its educational programs and to provide the resources to support them. Educational service delivery includes programs for students with special needs as well as careful adherence to state and federal mandates concerning curriculum. The effectiveness of educational service delivery is measured by comparing the resources placed into a program with the benefits to students. The instructional delivery system includes the board, the central office and school staffing, including teachers and support personnel such as counselors, librarians, nurses and technology specialists.

BACKGROUND

VISD selected four Texas school districts to serve as peer districts for comparative purposes: Dublin, Godley, Grandview and Rio Vista ISDs. To make these comparisons, the review team relied on information supplied by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) on state-mandated student achievement test scores, results of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS), the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) and other student performance measures such as college entrance exams and end-of-course exams.

TEA’s Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS) reports provide demographic, staffing, student performance and financial data for each school district and schools within the district. TEA sends these reports to each district and makes them available on its Web site <www.tea.state.tx.us>. The latest AEIS data, published by TEA in November 2002, includes information from 2001-02. For updated and current 2002-03 school year information, the review team also relied on data available through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) reports. School districts submit data to TEA at scheduled dates and TEA converts the data into the AEIS reports upon completion of the school year. Several charts in this chapter do not include regional information, which was not available through PEIMS at press time.

Exhibit 2-1 presents demographic information for VISD, selected peer districts and the state. For 2002-03, student enrollment in VISD and the peer districts ranged from 896 in Rio Vista ISD to 1,871 in VISD. With a student enrollment of 1,377, Godley is closest in size to VISD. African American student enrollment among the districts ranges from 0.1 percent in Rio Vista to 3.8 percent in Grandview, and 2.6 percent in VISD. The peer districts’ share of economically disadvantaged students, students who are eligible for free or reduced-price meals, ranges from 31.6 percent in Rio Vista to 62.3 percent in VISD. VISD has the largest share of economically disadvantaged students among its peer school district at 62.3 percent.
Exhibit 2-1
Demographic Characteristics
VISD, Peer Districts and State
2002-03

Ethnic Group (Percentage of Students)

District Students Enrolled African American Hispanic Anglo Other Percentage of
Economically
Disadvantaged
Students

Dublin 1,318 0.5% 45.1% 54.1% 0.4% 61.8%

Godley 1,377 1.1% 12.6% 85.6% 0.7% 33.5%

Grandview 1,122 3.8% 11.7% 84.2% 0.3% 34.2%

Rio Vista 896 0.1% 6.6% 93.0% 0.3% 31.6%

Venus 1,871 2.6% 32.9% 61.1% 3.4% 62.3%

State 4,259,864 14.3% 42.7% 39.8% 3.2% 51.8%

Source: TEA, PEIMS, 2002-03.

Exhibit 2-2 shows budgeted instructional expenditures for VISD and selected peer districts in 2002-03. VISD spent less per student than any peer district. VISD ranked third among its peer districts on regular education per student expenditures at 72 percent, highest percentage spent on gifted and talented education (G/T) at 1 percent, second in special education spending at 17.2 percent, third in its career and technology program spending at 4.1 percent, fourth in Bilingual/English as a Second Language (ESL) at 0.3 percent and second in compensatory education spending per student at 5.4 percent.
Exhibit 2-2
Budgeted Instructional Expenditures
VISD, Peer Districts and State
2002-03

Districts Total Expenditures Instruction Expenditures Per Student* Percent Regular Percent G/T Percent Special Education Percent Career and Tech. Percent Bilingual/ESL Percent State Comp Ed

Dublin $8,421,128 $3,851 69.9% 0.9% 11.4% 5.7% 7.2% 4.8%

Godley $9,827,976 $4,104 74.9% 0.1% 18.0% 3.6% 0.8% 2.6%

Grandview $8,395,039 $4,955 78.0% 0.6% 14.6% 3.2% 0.2% 3.4%

Rio Vista $6,725,718 $4,313 67.5% 0.2% 14.1% 4.5% 0.4% 13.2%

Venus $11,613,297 $3,702 72.0% 1.0% 17.2% 4.1% 0.3% 5.4%

State $26,202,489,428 $3,876 66.35% 1.75% 14.45% 3.90% 4.34% 6.74%

Source: TEA, PEIMS, 2002-03.
*Includes instruction and instructional leadership expenditures, using functional codes 11,12,13,21 and 23.

As seen in Exhibit 2-3, VISD ranked last among its peers in the percentage of its student population enrolled in gifted and talented education programs at 5.1 percent, ranked second in the number of students enrolled in special education at 25.7 percent, ranked third in career and technology at 19.1 percent and second in bilingual/ESL at 9.5 percent.
Exhibit 2-3
Student Enrollment/Percentage of Total Enrollment by Program
VISD, Peer Districts and State
2002-03

District Gifted and Talented Special Education Career and Technology Bilingual/ESL

Dublin 92 7.0% 171 13.0% 297 22.5% 171 13.0%

Godley 92 6.7% 391 28.4% 292 20.5% 25 1.8%

Grandview 79 7.0% 203 18.0% 215 19.1% 31 2.8%

Rio Vista 100 11.2% 159 17.8% 162 18.1% 11 1.2%

Venus 96 5.1% 480 25.7% 358 19.1% 177 9.5%

State 332,551 7.8% 492,973 11.6% 841,438 19.8% 322,412 7.6%

Source: TEA, PEIMS, 2002-03.

VISD ranked second among its peer districts in the percentage of per-pupil expenditures at 52.7 percent and is 1.9 percentage points higher than the state average of 50.8 percent (Exhibit 2-4).
Exhibit 2-4
Percentage of Budgeted Expenditures by Instructional Function
VISD, Peer Districts and State
2002-03

Expenditures by Function Dublin Godley Grandview Rio Vista Venus State

Instruction (11,95) 51.9% 49.7% 60.8% 51.9% 52.7% 50.8%

Instruction-Related Services (12,13) 2.9% 2.3% 1.0% 1.5% 1.7% 2.7%

Instructional Leadership (21) 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.2%

School Leadership (23) 5.4% 5.5% 4.0% 4.8% 5.2% 5.3%

Support Services-Student (31,32,33) 2.7% 4.2% 3.1% 3.0% 2.7% 4.0%

Student Transportation (34) 2.4% 3.4% 0.7% 2.2% 5.5% 2.6%

Food Services (35) 7.1% 5.1% 3.6% 5.6% 6.6% 4.9%

Co-curricular/Extracurricular Activities (36) 4.6% 3.7% 2.7% 3.6% 3.4% 2.3%

Central Administration (41,92) 4.2% 3.7% 3.7% 5.0% 3.0% 3.6%

Plant Maintenance and Operations (51) 11.2% 11.8% 7.6% 13.0% 9.9% 10.0%

Security and Monitoring Services (52) 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.6%

Data Processing Services (53) 1.8% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 1.8% 1.2%

Other* 5.8% 10.4% 12.8% 9.1% 7.4% 10.9%

Source: TEA, PEIMS, 2002-03.
*Includes any operating expenditures not listed above and all non-operational expenditures such as debt service, capital outlay and community and parental involvement services.

Exhibit 2-5 shows the share of professional staff in various categories for 2002-03. VISD has the second highest percentage of teachers among its peer districts and is 2.3 percentage points higher than the state average of 50.4 percent. The district ranks third in its share of school administrators at 2 percent compared to the state average of 2.4 percent. VISD ranks fourth among its peer districts in its share of central office administrators at 0.8 percent, which exceeds the state average by only 0.2 percent. The district has the highest percent of educational aides at 17.1 percent, which exceeds the state average by 6.8 percent.
Exhibit 2-5
Composition of Professional Staff
VISD, Peer Districts and State
2002-03

Professional Staff Dublin Godley Grandview Rio Vista Venus State

Teachers 48.3% 51.6% 43.4% 54.2% 52.7% 50.4%

Professional Support 5.9% 5.8% 14.3% 4.9% 3.7% 8.0%

Campus Administration 2.4% 3.2% 1.5% 2.1% 2.0% 2.4%

Central Administration 1.5% 1.6% 3.0% 0.7% 0.8% 1.0%

Educational Aides 15.1% 15.3% 13.8% 9.8% 17.1% 10.3%

Auxiliary Staff 26.8% 22.6% 24.1% 28.5% 23.7% 27.9%

Source: TEA, PEIMS, 2002-03.

Exhibit 2-6 shows teacher experience for VISD and its peer districts. Compared to the peer districts, VISD has the highest share of beginning teachers at 10 percent, ranks first with 40.8 percent in its share of one to five years experience; fifth with 19.2 percent in teachers with six to 10 years of experience; fifth with 17.7 percent of teachers with 11-20 years of experience; and third with 12.3 percent of teachers with more than 20 years of experience.
Exhibit 2-6
Teacher Experience
VISD, Peer Districts and State
2002-03

Dublin Godley Grandview Rio Vista Venus State

Beginning Teachers 6.1% 6.1% 6.8% 7.7% 10.0% 7.8%

1-5 Years Experience 17.2% 35.7% 22.7% 30.8% 40.8% 28.2%

6-10 Years Experience 21.2% 24.5% 22.8% 21.8% 19.2% 18.3%

11-20 Years Experience 30.3% 23.5% 28.4% 33.3% 17.7% 24.4%

More than 20 Years Experience 25.3% 10.2% 19.3% 6.4% 12.3% 21.3

Average Years of Experience 13.5 8.7 11.2 9.3 7.7 11.1

Source: TEA, PEIMS, 2002-03.

Exhibit 2-7 shows the different degree levels held by VISD teachers in 2001-02. With 92.5 percent of teachers with a bachelor’s degree, the district ranks second among its peer districts, which is 17.2 percentage points higher than the state average of 75.3 percent. VISD ranks fourth among its peer districts with 7.5 percent of teachers with a master’s degree, or 15.3 percentage points lower than the state average of 22.8 percent.
Exhibit 2-7
Teacher Degrees
VISD, Peer Districts and State
2001-02

Dublin Godley Grandview Rio Vista Venus State

No Degree 1.0% 0.0% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 1.4%

Bachelors 72.4% 94.2% 85.4% 83.9% 92.5% 75.3%

Masters 26.6% 5.8% 13.4% 16.1% 7.5% 22.8%

Doctorate 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5%

Source: TEA, AEIS, 2001-02.

When TEA administered the TAAS test as the state’s accountability measure for school districts, the agency assigned annual accountability ratings to each district and their respective schools based primarily upon the test performance results and dropout rates. The accountability system includes five categories for districts: Exemplary, Recognized, Academically Acceptable, Academically Unacceptable and Unacceptable: Data Quality. For schools, the categories are: Exemplary, Recognized, Academically Acceptable and Low Performing. To receive an Exemplary rating, at least 90 percent of all students, as well as 90 percent of each student group (African American, Hispanic, Anglo and economically disadvantaged) must pass the TAAS reading, writing and mathematics tests. To achieve a Recognized rating, 80 percent of all students and each student group must pass the TAAS reading, writing and mathematics tests. To be rated Academically Acceptable, 50 percent of each student group must pass TAAS. Scores for students with disabilities and from the TAAS Spanish version of reading and mathematics in grades 3 through 6 are included in the accountability calculations. According to TEA, when students fail to meet TAAS standards.

Exhibit 2-8 provides the accountability ratings for VISD and its peer districts from 1998 through 2002. VISD was rated Acceptable from 1998 through 2002.
Exhibit 2-8
Accountability Ratings*
VISD and Peer Districts
1997-98 through 2001-02

District 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02

Dublin Acceptable Acceptable Acceptable Acceptable Acceptable

Godley Recognized Acceptable Recognized Recognized Recognized

Grandview Recognized Recognized Recognized Recognized Acceptable

Rio Vista Acceptable Recognized Acceptable Acceptable Recognized

Venus Acceptable Acceptable Acceptable Acceptable Acceptable

Source: TEA, AEIS, 1997-98 through 2001-02.
*Districts retain the same ratings for 2002-03.

Exhibit 2-9 shows the accountability ratings for all VISD schools in 2000-01 and 2001-02.
Exhibit 2-9
VISD School Enrollment and
Accountability Ratings*
2000-01 and 2001-02

School Grade Levels 2000-01 Rating 2001-02 Rating

High School 9-12 Recognized Recognized

Middle School 6-8 Acceptable Acceptable

Elementary 2-5 Acceptable Acceptable

Primary EE-1 N/A N/A

District EE-12 Acceptable Acceptable

Source: TEA, AEIS, 2000-01 and 2001-02.
*Districts retain the same ratings for 2002-03.

		Ethnic Group (Percentage of Students)
District	Students Enrolled	African American	Hispanic	Anglo	Other	Percentage of Economically Disadvantaged Students
Dublin	1,318	0.5%	45.1%	54.1%	0.4%	61.8%
Godley	1,377	1.1%	12.6%	85.6%	0.7%	33.5%
Grandview	1,122	3.8%	11.7%	84.2%	0.3%	34.2%
Rio Vista	896	0.1%	6.6%	93.0%	0.3%	31.6%
Venus	1,871	2.6%	32.9%	61.1%	3.4%	62.3%
State	4,259,864	14.3%	42.7%	39.8%	3.2%	51.8%
Source: TEA, PEIMS, 2002-03.

Districts	Total Expenditures	Instruction Expenditures Per Student*	Percent Regular	Percent G/T	Percent Special Education	Percent Career and Tech.	Percent Bilingual/ESL	Percent State Comp Ed
Dublin	$8,421,128	$3,851	69.9%	0.9%	11.4%	5.7%	7.2%	4.8%
Godley	$9,827,976	$4,104	74.9%	0.1%	18.0%	3.6%	0.8%	2.6%
Grandview	$8,395,039	$4,955	78.0%	0.6%	14.6%	3.2%	0.2%	3.4%
Rio Vista	$6,725,718	$4,313	67.5%	0.2%	14.1%	4.5%	0.4%	13.2%
Venus	$11,613,297	$3,702	72.0%	1.0%	17.2%	4.1%	0.3%	5.4%
State	$26,202,489,428	$3,876	66.35%	1.75%	14.45%	3.90%	4.34%	6.74%
Source: TEA, PEIMS, 2002-03. *Includes instruction and instructional leadership expenditures, using functional codes 11,12,13,21 and 23.

District	Gifted and Talented		Special Education		Career and Technology		Bilingual/ESL
Dublin	92	7.0%	171	13.0%	297	22.5%	171	13.0%
Godley	92	6.7%	391	28.4%	292	20.5%	25	1.8%
Grandview	79	7.0%	203	18.0%	215	19.1%	31	2.8%
Rio Vista	100	11.2%	159	17.8%	162	18.1%	11	1.2%
Venus	96	5.1%	480	25.7%	358	19.1%	177	9.5%
State	332,551	7.8%	492,973	11.6%	841,438	19.8%	322,412	7.6%
Source: TEA, PEIMS, 2002-03.

Expenditures by Function	Dublin	Godley	Grandview	Rio Vista	Venus	State
Instruction (11,95)	51.9%	49.7%	60.8%	51.9%	52.7%	50.8%
Instruction-Related Services (12,13)	2.9%	2.3%	1.0%	1.5%	1.7%	2.7%
Instructional Leadership (21)	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.2%
School Leadership (23)	5.4%	5.5%	4.0%	4.8%	5.2%	5.3%
Support Services-Student (31,32,33)	2.7%	4.2%	3.1%	3.0%	2.7%	4.0%
Student Transportation (34)	2.4%	3.4%	0.7%	2.2%	5.5%	2.6%
Food Services (35)	7.1%	5.1%	3.6%	5.6%	6.6%	4.9%
Co-curricular/Extracurricular Activities (36)	4.6%	3.7%	2.7%	3.6%	3.4%	2.3%
Central Administration (41,92)	4.2%	3.7%	3.7%	5.0%	3.0%	3.6%
Plant Maintenance and Operations (51)	11.2%	11.8%	7.6%	13.0%	9.9%	10.0%
Security and Monitoring Services (52)	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.6%
Data Processing Services (53)	1.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	1.8%	1.2%
Other*	5.8%	10.4%	12.8%	9.1%	7.4%	10.9%
Source: TEA, PEIMS, 2002-03. *Includes any operating expenditures not listed above and all non-operational expenditures such as debt service, capital outlay and community and parental involvement services.

Professional Staff	Dublin	Godley	Grandview	Rio Vista	Venus	State
Teachers	48.3%	51.6%	43.4%	54.2%	52.7%	50.4%
Professional Support	5.9%	5.8%	14.3%	4.9%	3.7%	8.0%
Campus Administration	2.4%	3.2%	1.5%	2.1%	2.0%	2.4%
Central Administration	1.5%	1.6%	3.0%	0.7%	0.8%	1.0%
Educational Aides	15.1%	15.3%	13.8%	9.8%	17.1%	10.3%
Auxiliary Staff	26.8%	22.6%	24.1%	28.5%	23.7%	27.9%
Source: TEA, PEIMS, 2002-03.

	Dublin	Godley	Grandview	Rio Vista	Venus	State
Beginning Teachers	6.1%	6.1%	6.8%	7.7%	10.0%	7.8%
1-5 Years Experience	17.2%	35.7%	22.7%	30.8%	40.8%	28.2%
6-10 Years Experience	21.2%	24.5%	22.8%	21.8%	19.2%	18.3%
11-20 Years Experience	30.3%	23.5%	28.4%	33.3%	17.7%	24.4%
More than 20 Years Experience	25.3%	10.2%	19.3%	6.4%	12.3%	21.3
Average Years of Experience	13.5	8.7	11.2	9.3	7.7	11.1
Source: TEA, PEIMS, 2002-03.

	Dublin	Godley	Grandview	Rio Vista	Venus	State
No Degree	1.0%	0.0%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	1.4%
Bachelors	72.4%	94.2%	85.4%	83.9%	92.5%	75.3%
Masters	26.6%	5.8%	13.4%	16.1%	7.5%	22.8%
Doctorate	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
Source: TEA, AEIS, 2001-02.

District	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02
Dublin	Acceptable	Acceptable	Acceptable	Acceptable	Acceptable
Godley	Recognized	Acceptable	Recognized	Recognized	Recognized
Grandview	Recognized	Recognized	Recognized	Recognized	Acceptable
Rio Vista	Acceptable	Recognized	Acceptable	Acceptable	Recognized
Venus	Acceptable	Acceptable	Acceptable	Acceptable	Acceptable
Source: TEA, AEIS, 1997-98 through 2001-02. *Districts retain the same ratings for 2002-03.

School	Grade Levels	2000-01 Rating	2001-02 Rating
High School	9-12	Recognized	Recognized
Middle School	6-8	Acceptable	Acceptable
Elementary	2-5	Acceptable	Acceptable
Primary	EE-1	N/A	N/A
District	EE-12	Acceptable	Acceptable
Source: TEA, AEIS, 2000-01 and 2001-02. *Districts retain the same ratings for 2002-03.