TXSMARTSCHOOLS

TXSmartSchools.tamu.edu is built on the foundational work of the Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST) launched by Susan Combs during her tenure as Texas Comptroller and was initially funded by Susan Combs through a grant from Texans for Positive Economic Policy. To continue providing this valuable online resource, we need to find new financial backing... School districts in Texas work very hard to identify and adopt best practices. TXSmartSchools makes that task easier by using academic, financial, and demographic data to identify school districts and campuses that produce high academic progress while maintaining cost-effective operations. TXSmartSchools incorporates significant information about student needs and geographic environments to better adjust for cost and performance factors that are beyond school district control in order to provide fair Apples2Apples comparisons... TXSmartSchools measures how spending in every Texas public school district and campus translates to..