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Brunner, Josie – Online Submission, 2011
Although more than a third of tested pre-K students (37%) entered AISD one standard deviation below the national average in receptive vocabulary, the AISD pre-K program accelerated these students' growth by nearly twice the national average by the end of the 2010-2011 school year.
Descriptors: School Districts, Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Program Evaluation
Brunner, Josie – Online Submission, 2010
A separate full report also was published. Austin Independent School District served 5,450 pre-K students in 2009-2010. Approximately 70% of sampled English-speaking pre-K students and 74% of sampled Spanish-speaking pre-K students had faster than the expected growth rate on an assessment of receptive vocabulary.
Descriptors: School Districts, Preschool Education, Preschool Children, School Demography
Brunner, Josie – Online Submission, 2010
This is the full report, and a separate research brief also was published. Austin Independent School District (AISD) served 5,450 pre-K students in 2009-2010. Approximately 70% of sampled English-speaking pre-K students and 74% of sampled Spanish-speaking pre-K students had faster than the expected growth rate on an assessment of receptive…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, School Districts, Spanish Speaking, Receptive Language
Oswald, Patricia A., Ed.; Zaromatidis, Katherine, Ed.; Levine, Judith R., Ed.; Indenbaum, Gene, Ed. – Online Submission, 2006
This document includes proceedings, abstracts, and papers of the 20th Annual Conference on Undergraduate Teaching of Psychology, which was held on March 29-31, 2006 in Monticello, NY. The conference, which dealt with ideas and innovations in the teaching of psychology, was sponsored by the Psychology Department of the Farmingdale State University.…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Psychology, Higher Education, Undergraduate Students
Curry, Janice – Online Submission, 2009
Austin Independent School District provided full-day prekindergarten to 5,196 4-year-olds in 2008-2009 at 66 schools. Seventy percent or more of students made measureable gains on a test of receptive vocabulary, and average gains showed growth about two times greater than that expected for 4-year-olds after a 7-month period.
Descriptors: Preschool Education, School Schedules, School Districts, Achievement Tests
Curry, Janice – Online Submission, 2008
This report summarizes Austin Independent School District's prekindergarten program for the 2007-2008 school year.
Descriptors: School Readiness, School Districts, Preschool Education, Grants
Curry, Janice – Online Submission, 2004
This report summarizes Austin Independent School District (AISD) prekindergarten program activities for the 2003-2004 school year.
Descriptors: Preschool Education, School Districts, Grants, Program Evaluation