dallas isd ses investigation presentation
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Supplemental Education Services -UpdatePresented bySteve KorbyExecutive Director of Financial Services
April 12, 2012
Timeline
� External Audit and Response� Reorganized the SES department, strengthened controls and revised contracts
� Met with Director of Financial Audits at TEA� Engaged Weaver to perform a forensic audit
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� Engaged Weaver to perform a forensic audit
� Requested a waiver from TEA to repurpose the mandatory set aside.� Request was denied� Issued contracts to eligible vendors and began providing services
� Weaver concluded the forensic audit
SES Program for 11/12 School Year
� As of April 6:� 8,121 students have been served� 53 Providers have been utilized
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Results
� No significant correlation between number of tutored hours and TAKS scale scores in reading or math, except with 7th grade math (very weak correlation)
� After accounting for race/ethnicity, LEP status, and
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� After accounting for race/ethnicity, LEP status, and sex, no significant relationship exists between dollars spent or hours tutored and TAKS mathematics and reading scores at high school level
Attendance Matters
� Best indicator of TAKS success is attendance, students who attend at least 90% of allocated hours generally do better on TAKS � 78% of tutored students had attendance rates above 90%
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� 78% of tutored students had attendance rates above 90%� An attendance rate lower than 90% is essentially the same as not attending at all
� However, still not a huge benefit in terms of TAKS score, approximately 20 - 30 points (about 1% of total points possible)
� Provider selection also seems to matter – generally better providers have higher attendance rates
Statistical Summary
� Not all hours created equal – hours and money not correlated with TAKS performance
� Who students chose as their provider and attending most of their allocated hours does lead to a small
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most of their allocated hours does lead to a small increase in mathematics and reading scores in high school and middle school
Next Steps
� Continue very strict monitoring of the vendors� Ask for waiver for next school year� Send demand letter for reimbursement for fraudulent billing and reimbursement of forensic audit fees.
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billing and reimbursement of forensic audit fees.
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Supplemental Education Services -Update
Q&A
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