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ERIC Number: ED602876
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Nov-11
Pages: 25
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
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Apollo 20 Payout Report, 2015-2016. Research Educational Program Report
Houston Independent School District
The Apollo 20 Program is a "turnaround" initiative with an emphasis on improving student performance in math. The key strategies of the turnaround initiative include having effective principals and effective teachers on the campus, more instructional time, using data to drive instruction, creating a campus culture of high expectations, and providing in-school tutoring. The tutoring was implemented using "fellows" with a ratio of two to three students per fellow. The initiative began in four high schools and five middle schools in 2010, expanding to include 11 elementary schools in 2011. In 2013, one school closed and nine additional schools were added to the program. The same 28 schools that participated in 2013-2014 also participated in 2014-2015 and 2015-2016. Incentive programs were designed to support the efforts of the fellows, principals, School Support Officers, and Academic Program Managers of the Apollo campuses although only fellows received incentive awards in the 2015-2016 school year. The incentives in previous years for principals, Academic Program Managers, and School Support Officers were all based on campus-level performance indicators while the program for fellows had an incentive for monthly perfect attendance and a separate incentive for student performance calculated at the end of the school year. For the 2015-2016 program year, the Apollo 20 Incentive Program awarded $248,550.00 in attendance incentives and $770,931.73 in student performance incentives for a grand total of $1,019,481.73. While the percentage of fellows receiving the attendance incentive stayed the same as compared to the 2014-2015 school year, the total amount awarded increased by almost $10,000. The number and percentage of fellows receiving the student performance incentive increased slightly, but the total amount awarded decreased by more than $200,000.
Houston Independent School District. Research & Accountability, 4400 West 18th Street 2 NW, Houston, TX 77092. Tel: 713-556-6700; Fax: 713-556-6730; e-mail: Research@houstonisd.org; Web site: http://www.houstonisd.org/research
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; High Schools
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Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Houston Independent School District (HISD), Department of Research and Accountability
Identifiers - Location: Texas (Houston)
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