A total of 620 staff from all 38 REACH schools responded to the Spring survey and 149 staff at the 18 newest REACH schools attended focus groups to provide their thoughts about specific aspects of AISD REACH. Results are summarized in this report.

The AISD REACH program supported educators with mentoring and professional development opportunities, and rewards teaching in high needs schools, achieving student learning objectives, and schoolwide growth. This report highlights program successes from school years 2007-2008 through 2010-2011.

Research from 6 years of AISD REACH suggested the program likely influenced student performance, teacher practices, and novice teacher retention. However, little evidence showed schoolwide growth or retention stipends facilitated desired results.

This report describes outcomes for the first year of the REACH strategic compensation program in Austin Independent School District.

This report contains results from focus groups conducted with teachers in the first year of the AISD REACH strategic compensation program pilot. [For Report 1, see ED627936.]

This report describes findings from the principal focus group conducted the first year of the AISD REACH program. [For Report 2, see ED628033.]