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Download full textCurry, Janice – Online Submission, 2008
This report summarizes Austin Independent School District's 2007-2008 state-funded program to assist students who are struggling in reading and math.
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Finance, State Aid, Acceleration (Education)
Curry, Janice – 2001
The prekindergarten (pre-K) program is an important part of the systemic effort by the Austin Independent School District, Texas (AISD) to help every student meet the state's student performance standards. In 2000-2001, 41 of the district's schools offering pre-K (79% of all elementary schools) had full-day programs and 17 had half-day programs. A…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Program Effectiveness
Curry, Janice; Zyskowski, Gloria – 2000
The Austin Independent School District (AISD) prekindergarten program is an important component of the state and district goal of having every student reading on grade level by the end of third grade. In 1999-2000, 57 of the 71 AISD elementary schools provided prekindergarten education. The AISD prekindergarten program served 3,571 4-year-olds.…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Program Effectiveness
Curry, Janice; Zyskowski, Gloria – 2000
The Summer Opportunity To Accelerate Reading (S.O.A.R.) program is the elementary summer school program to improve reading and literacy in the Austin Independent School District, Texas. In June 2000, the 21-day program served 2,406 students in grades 1 through 3 who were below grade level in reading or at risk of retention. The budget allocation…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary School Students, Primary Education, Program Effectiveness
Zyskowski, Gloria; Curry, Janice – 1999
The Summer Opportunity To Accelerate Reading (S.O.A.R.) program is the Title I elementary summer school of the Austin Independent School District (AISD), Texas. The S.O.A.R. program provides early intervention to accelerate literacy learning for students entering grades 1-3 who are at risk of retention or are below grade level. In its second year…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary School Students, Primary Education, Program Effectiveness
Curry, Janice; Sabatino, Melissa – 1994
During the 1993-94 school year, the Office of Research and Evaluation of the Austin Independent School District (AISD) (Texas) conducted a districtwide evaluation of instructional technology. The evaluation consisted first of an accurate count of all computers in AISD schools, and then of an in-depth evaluation of the integrated learning systems…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Curry, Janice; And Others – 1995
Reading Recovery is an early intervention program designed to reach first-grade students who are having the most trouble learning to read. Students meet daily with specially trained teachers for an average of 12 to 20 weeks. Reading Recovery began in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District in 1992-93. In 1993-94, Reading Recovery served 268…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Early Intervention, Elementary School Students, Grade 1
Zyskowski, Gloria; Curry, Janice; Patrick, Ertha; Washington, Wanda – 1999
In 1998-99, Title I provided funding to 50 schools in the Austin Independent School District (AISD), Texas (43 elementary, 5 middle, and 2 high schools) with 60% or more students from low-income families. This report contains several analyses of the impact of Title I funds on student achievement. Students at non-Title I schools and at district…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Curry, Janice – Online Submission, 2003
This report summarizes evaluation results of AISD's state-funded Accelerated Reading Instruction (ARI) grant activities for 2002-2003.
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), School Districts, Reading Instruction, Reading Achievement
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
Curry, Janice; Washington, Wanda; Zyskowski, Gloria – 1997
Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 as amended by the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 is a compensatory education program that enables high-poverty schools to provide opportunities for children to meet state performance standards developed for all children. Title I Migrant, also federally funded, provides…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education
