V. STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOLS WITHOUT LIBRARIANS
According to the Public Education Information System (PEIMS) of the Texas
Education Agency, 1806 of 7,467 schools in Texas (24 percent) do not have
any librarians. Of those 1806 schools,
- 1,012 are elementary schools (56 percent)
- 303 are middle/junior high schools (17 percent)
- 279 are high schools (15 percent)
- 185 are combined elementary and secondary schools (10 percent)
- 27 schools did not have educational level designations (1.5 percent)
The analyses were performed on the 1,779 schools identified as elementary,
middle/junior high, high, and elementary/secondary.
1. Student Performance on TAAS
The performance of students on TAAS
in schools without librarians was compared to TAAS
performance in schools with librarians. At all educational levels, TAAS
performance was lower in schools without librarians than in schools with
librarians. Across all educational levels, over 10 percent more students
in schools with librarians than in schools without librarians met minimum
TAAS expectations
in reading.
Table V. 1: Mean Percent of Students Who Met Minimum TAAS
Expectations
| Level |
Schools with Librarians |
Schools without Librarians |
| All schools |
89.3% |
78.4% |
| Elementary schools |
89.3% |
79.2% |
| Middle/Junior high schools |
89.0% |
79.2% |
| High schools |
89.8% |
78.6% |
* Includes elementary/secondary schools.
Furthermore, in 52 percent of the schools with librarians compared with
21 percent of schools without librarians over 90 percent of the students
met minimum TAAS expectations in reading. That is, 2.5 times more schools
with librarians than schools without librarians had over 90 percent of
students meeting minimum TAAS expectations.
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Table V. 2: Percent of Schools Where Over 90 Percent of Students Met Minimum
TAAS Expectations
| Level |
Schools with Librarians |
Schools without Librarians |
| All schools |
52.0% |
21.1%* |
| Elementary schools |
53.9% |
20.3% |
| Middle/Junior high schools |
46.1% |
21.6% |
| High schools |
52.7% |
25.5% |
* Includes elementary/secondary schools.
The percent of lower performing schools (i.e. schools where 70 percent
or less of students met minimum TAAS expectations) among schools without
librarians was significantly higher than the percent of such schools among
those with librarians.
In five percent of the schools with librarians compared with 21 percent
of the schools without librarians, 70 percent or less percent of the students
met minimum expectations on TAAS reading. Four times more schools without
librarians than schools with librarians were low performing. One-fifth
of the schools without librarians were low performing.
Table V.3: Percent of Schools Where 70 Percent or Less Students Met Minimum
TAAS Expectations
in Reading
| Level |
Schools with Librarians |
Schools without Librarians |
| All schools |
5.2% |
20.6%* |
| Elementary schools |
6.6% |
19.1% |
| Middle/Junior high schools |
2.9% |
17.4% |
| High schools |
3.8% |
21.1% |
* Includes elementary/secondary schools.
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The following tables present detailed data on TAAS
performance overall for all schools as well as by educational level. Please
note that the following tables do not show a comparison between elementary/secondary
schools with librarians and without librarians because the sample of schools
with librarians included only 14 elementary/secondary schools; too small
of a sample for a meaningful comparison.
Table V.4: Percent of Students Who Met Minimum TAAS
Expectations At All Educational Levels in Schools With and Without Librarians
Percent of Students Who Met Minimum
TAAS
Expectations in Reading |
Schools With Librarians |
Schools Without Librarians |
#
(500) |
% |
#
(1541)* |
% |
| 60 percent or less |
9 |
1.8% |
160 |
10.4% |
| 61 to 65 percent |
7 |
1.4% |
68 |
4.4% |
| 66 to 70 percent |
10 |
2.0% |
90 |
5.8% |
| 71 to 75 percent |
17 |
3.4% |
161 |
10.4% |
| 76 to 80 percent |
30 |
6.0% |
186 |
12.1% |
| 81 to 85 percent |
53 |
10.6% |
268 |
17.4% |
| 86 to 90 percent |
114 |
22.8% |
282 |
18.3% |
| 91 to 95 percent |
139 |
27.8% |
213 |
13.8% |
| 96 to 99 percent |
92 |
18.4% |
94 |
6.1% |
| 100 percent |
29 |
5.8% |
19 |
1.2% |
| Mean |
89.3% |
|
78.4% |
|
* TAAS data
were not available for 238 schools without librarians. Includes elementary/secondary
schools.
On average, in schools without librarians 10 percent fewer students met
minimum TAAS expectations
in reading than in schools with librarians.
Table V.5: TAAS
Performance in Elementary Schools With and Without Librarians
Percent of Students Who Met Minimum
TAAS
Expectations in Reading |
Elementary Schools With Librarians |
Elementary Schools Without Librarians |
#
(267) |
% |
#
(893)* |
% |
| 60 percent or less |
6 |
2.2% |
67 |
7.5% |
| 61 to 65 percent |
6 |
2.2% |
45 |
5.0% |
| 66 to 70 percent |
6 |
2.2% |
59 |
6.6% |
| 71 to 75 percent |
9 |
3.4% |
103 |
11.5% |
| 76 to 80 percent |
12 |
4.5% |
112 |
12.5% |
| 81 to 85 percent |
27 |
10.1% |
164 |
18.4% |
| 86 to 90 percent |
57 |
21.3% |
161 |
18.0% |
| 91 to 95 percent |
72 |
27.0% |
121 |
13.5% |
| 96 to 99 percent |
57 |
21.3% |
54 |
6.0% |
| 100 percent |
15 |
5.6% |
7 |
0.8% |
| Mean |
89.3% |
|
79.2% |
|
* TAAS data
were not available for 119 elementary schools without librarians.
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Table V.6: TAAS
Performance in Middle/Junior High Schools With and Without Librarians
Percent of Students Who Met Minimum
TAAS
Expectations in Reading |
Schools With Librarians |
Schools Without Librarians |
#
(104) |
% |
#
(259)* |
% |
| 60 percent or less |
1 |
1.0% |
26 |
10.0% |
| 61 to 65 percent |
-- |
-- |
9 |
3.5% |
| 66 to 70 percent |
2 |
1.9% |
10 |
3.9% |
| 71 to 75 percent |
5 |
4.8% |
24 |
9.3% |
| 76 to 80 percent |
9 |
8.6% |
34 |
13.1% |
| 81 to 85 percent |
13 |
12.5% |
51 |
19.7% |
| 86 to 90 percent |
26 |
25.0% |
49 |
18.9% |
| 91 to 95 percent |
30 |
28.8% |
35 |
13.5% |
| 96 to 99 percent |
13 |
12.5% |
14 |
5.4% |
| 100 percent |
5 |
4.8% |
7 |
2.7% |
| Mean |
89.0% |
|
79.2% |
|
* TAAS data
were not available for 44 middle/junior high schools without librarians.
Table V.7: TAAS
Performance in High Schools With and Without Librarians
Percent of Students Who Met Minimum
TAAS
Expectations in Reading |
Schools With Librarians |
Schools Without Librarians |
#
(129) |
% |
#
(247)* |
% |
| 60 percent or less |
2 |
1.5% |
32 |
13.0% |
| 61 to 65 percent |
1 |
0.8% |
8 |
3.2% |
| 66 to 70 percent |
2 |
1.5% |
12 |
4.9% |
| 71 to 75 percent |
3 |
2.3% |
25 |
10.1% |
| 76 to 80 percent |
9 |
7.0% |
24 |
9.7% |
| 81 to 85 percent |
13 |
10.1% |
37 |
15.0% |
| 86 to 90 percent |
31 |
24.0% |
46 |
18.6% |
| 91 to 95 percent |
37 |
28.7% |
43 |
17.4% |
| 96 to 99 percent |
22 |
17.0% |
16 |
6.5% |
| 100 percent |
9 |
7.0% |
4 |
1.6% |
| Mean |
89.8% |
|
78.6% |
|
* TAAS data
were not available for 32 high schools without librarians.
The TAAS performance
of elementary/secondary schools without performance was lower. In elementary/secondary
schools without librarians, on average, 70.9 percent of the students met
minimum expectation on TAAS
reading.
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