Comptroller Releases FAST Ratings for Texas Districts
By: Karl Rundgren
Updated: December 8, 2010
Texas Comptroller Susan Combs has released a new study meant to help parents learn more about school districts, and the state identify areas where money is generating the best results on TEA testing.
The Financial Allocation Study for Texas, or FAST, compared schools of similar size and then ranked them based on spending and test scores. Schools were given a spending index ranking ranging from very low to very high, and then that number was compared with the districts accountability scores. That created a FAST rating of one to five stars.
The state strongly states that this is not a ranking of all state schools in any sort of order, but a look at what works and what doesn't.
To find your district, go to www.fastexas.org to see the rankings. Since the site is seeing a lot of traffic, it may take some time to come up.
The Financial Allocation Study for Texas, or FAST, compared schools of similar size and then ranked them based on spending and test scores. Schools were given a spending index ranking ranging from very low to very high, and then that number was compared with the districts accountability scores. That created a FAST rating of one to five stars.
The state strongly states that this is not a ranking of all state schools in any sort of order, but a look at what works and what doesn't.
To find your district, go to www.fastexas.org to see the rankings. Since the site is seeing a lot of traffic, it may take some time to come up.
