Posted below as downloadable .pdf files are the slides used during two MCA presentations given at the Midwinter Conference this week. The first was from Tuesday morning's session titled, "Calm before the Storm: Interim Developments in School Finance," and the second was from Monday's session, "Dollars and Sense: Themes for Accountability in the 83rd Legislature?" Beneath those are two of TEA's presentations, titled "State and Federal Accountability  Update" and the "Texas Student Data System." TEA's presentations will be posted on their website at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/tac/, so please check there in the coming days for all of TEA's conference materials.