These factors combined determine each school's Academic Excellence Indicator System report card. Abilene schools rated exemplary are Austin, Bonham, Dyess, Ward and Bassetti. Recognized campuses are Alta Vista, Crockett, Jackson, Johnston, Valley View and Thomas. College Heights and Taylor won cash awards for comparable improvement among schools rated acceptable. All other AISD elementary schools were rated acceptable.
Test scores are up, and attendance is as well.
In exemplary schools, at least 90 percent of students in each ethnic group passed all three sections of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills test. They also attended school at least 94 percent of the time, and no more than 1 percent quit school. For recognized schools, standards included at least 75 percent of each ethnic group passing each TAAS section, compiling a 94 percent-plus average daily attendance and a 3.5 percent maximum dropout rate. Campuses in the acceptable ranks won cash awards by ranking in the top 25 percent in comparable improvement on TAAS reading and math sections, among schools most similar to themselves. The TAAS also includes a writing section.