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Christian, Cinda – Online Submission, 2009
State Compensatory Education (SCE) is a supplemental program designed to eliminate disparities in (a) student performance on assessment instruments administered under chapter 39 of the Texas Education Code (1995, amended 2007), and (b) the rates of high school completion between students who are at risk of dropping out of school, as defined by…
Descriptors: State Programs, Compensatory Education, State Legislation, Educational Legislation
Houston Independent School District, TX. Dept. of Research and Accountability. – 1997
To study the effectiveness of multilingual education programs in the Houston Independent School District (Texas), four groups of students were identified for the analysis of their Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) results. These groups were: (1) students enrolled in bilingual education classes; (2) students in English as a Second Language…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Bilingual Education
Bush, Joan – 1997
Title XI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended by the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 allows the Dallas (Texas) public schools to redirect up to 5% of each appropriation received through the Act for the purpose of providing a comprehensive approach to meeting the educational, health, social service, and other needs of…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Programs, Health Services
Contreras, Frank – 1992
The Texas/Montana Distance Learning Project was a summer (1992) pilot program administered by the Texas Education Agency in collaboration with the Montana Office of Public Instruction. Targeted participants were children of migratory workers who attended Texas schools, but were living temporarily in Montana during the early summer. The goals of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Interactive Video
Aguilera, Raymond V.; Hendricks, Joen M. – Curriculum Report, 1996
The approach taken by three Texas school districts in high poverty and high minority areas to improve standardized achievement scores is explored. The three districts implemented an instructional management program consisting of aligning the curriculum, filling the curriculum gaps, and monitoring student progress. A first step in the curriculum…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Gonzalez, Rosa Maria – 1997
In compliance with Texas state law, the Austin Independent School District (AISD) provides two programs to serve students identified as limited English proficient (LEP): Bilingual Education (BE) with dual language instruction and English as Second Language (ESL) intensive English instruction. ESL is both a component of BE and a stand-alone…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education, Educational Attainment
Houston Independent School District, TX. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1996
Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act was amended in 1996 to authorize funding for the Title I Migrant Education program to provide educational and counseling assistance to eligible children of migratory farm and fishery workers. An evaluation was conducted of the implementation of the migrant education program in the Houston…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Counseling, Delivery Systems
Online Submission, 2002
This report summarizes evaluation results from AISD's federally-funded Title I program activities during 2000-2001.
Descriptors: School Districts, Program Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Curry, Janice; And Others – 1996
Title I is a compensatory education program supported by funds from the Department of Education to enable high-poverty schools to provide opportunities for educationally disadvantaged children. In 1995-96, Title I provided funding to 38 campuses in the Austin Independent School District (AISD) (Texas) through schoolwide programs and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Dropouts, Educationally Disadvantaged
Washington, Wanda – 1998
The Texas legislature and the State Board of Education, recognizing the need for an alternative to student retention, established the Retention Reduction Pilot Program to provide additional days of instruction for students in first grade who would otherwise have been retained. The Optional Extended Year Program (OEYP) was initiated to expand…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
González, Rosa María – Online Submission, 2003
This report summarizes evaluation results of AISD's Bilingual Education/ESL programs for 2002-2003.
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning