T E X A S  E D U C A T I O N  A G E N C Y
                                 1996 & 1997 TAAS Participation Profile for All Students (Grades 3-8, & 10)
                                               All Tests - Percent of Answer Documents

1997 TAAS Participation           African                       Native   Asian/                          Econ.
 (Grades 3-8 & 10)      Total     American  Hispanic   White   American  Pac. Is.     Male     Female   Disadv.

Tested                  90.6%       88.4%     86.2%    94.8%     90.6%    88.0%       88.7%    92.5%    85.6%

  Accountability        76.0%       75.6%     69.6%    81.2%     69.8%    81.5%       71.9%    80.3%    68.7%

  TAAS Mobile            4.5%        5.2%      3.9%     4.3%      9.9%     3.8%        4.3%     4.6%     4.0%

  Special Education      8.2%        7.6%      7.4%     9.3%     10.4%     2.7%       10.6%     5.6%     9.0%

  Spanish (gr3-6)        2.0%        0.0%      5.3%     0.0%      0.5%     0.0%        1.9%     2.0%     3.9%

Not Tested               9.4%       11.6%     13.8%     5.2%      9.4%    12.0%       11.3%     7.5%    14.4%

  Absent                 0.8%        1.0%      0.9%     0.7%      1.0%     0.4%        0.8%     0.7%     0.8%

  ARD Exempt             5.3%        9.6%      5.7%     4.0%      6.0%     1.8%        6.9%     3.7%     8.0%

  LEP Exempt             2.4%        0.2%      5.8%     0.1%      1.3%     8.9%        2.5%     2.4%     4.4%

  Other                  0.9%        0.9%      1.4%     0.4%      1.2%     0.9%        1.0%     0.7%     1.2%

Total Answer
 Documents          2,028,676     283,225   735,435  948,748     5,718   48,857   1,039,863  987,043  950,764


1996 TAAS Participation           African                       Native   Asian/                          Econ.
 (Grades 3-8 & 10)      Total     American  Hispanic   White   American  Pac. Is.     Male     Female   Disadv.

Tested                  89.6%       88.4%     83.6%    94.6%     90.1%    86.9%       87.7%    91.6%    83.6%

  Accountability        74.0%       73.4%     66.8%    79.9%     67.9%    78.4%       70.1%    78.3%    66.2%

  TAAS Mobile            6.2%        7.5%      5.6%     5.9%     12.0%     5.8%        5.9%     6.4%     5.7%

  Special Education      7.7%        7.5%      6.6%     8.8%      9.5%     2.6%       10.0%     5.2%     8.3%

  Spanish (gr3-4)        1.7%        0.0%      4.6%     0.0%      0.7%     0.0%        1.6%     1.7%     3.4%

Not Tested              10.4%       11.6%     16.4%     5.4%      9.9%    13.1%       12.3%     8.4%    16.4%

  Absent                 0.8%        1.1%      1.0%     0.7%      1.3%     0.5%        0.9%     0.8%     0.9%

  ARD Exempt             5.5%        9.5%      5.9%     4.2%      6.2%     1.8%        7.1%     3.8%     8.2%

  LEP Exempt             3.3%        0.2%      8.2%     0.1%      1.4%    10.0%        3.3%     3.2%     6.2%

  Other                  0.8%        0.8%      1.3%     0.4%      0.9%     0.9%        1.0%     0.6%     1.2%

Total Answer
 Documents          1,996,632     278,575   712,948  947,221     5,388   46,894   1,022,747  972,141  928,135