Looking for dropout students consumes the budget in smaller districts. The process of transfer is too slow. When the TAAS results are given to the district, have someone review the data for accuracy before releasing the information to the public. TAAS should be administered as the students are preparing to exit high school. Tracking dropout students is very costly to the district.
Border towns have a very hard time tracking students.
Students sometimes go across the border without any notification to the school or district. When a student is removed from the district for home schooling, there is no way to verify if the student is really being home schooled or if they are being educated at all. Charter schools need the same accountability as public schools. Too much focus on the negative. If there is a loss of students, there is a loss of funding.