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Kathy Brown; Jennifer Grace; Lisa A. Jones – Middle Grades Review, 2024
The purpose of this study was to explore administrators' and teachers' experiences and perceptions of how restorative practice strategies impact the execution of school discipline in an urban middle school. This study included a review of data collected from interviews with middle school administrators and teachers in a large school district. A…
Descriptors: Restorative Practices, Administrators, Middle School Teachers, Administrator Attitudes
Houston Independent School District, 2023
As an independent school district, Houston Independent School District (HISD) contracted with four operators of seven External Performance Contract Campuses, or contract campuses. Houston ISD contract campuses receive funding through the district. HISD has implemented a comprehensive performance accountability and compliance monitoring system that…
Descriptors: School Districts, Achievement Tests, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
Hughes, Byron D.; Cass, Samuel H.; Uddin, Hamza; Williams, Taylor P.; Okereke, Ikenna C. – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2021
Underrepresented minority (URM) and economically disadvantaged (ED) high school students are less likely to graduate from high school or enroll in college. This institution began a structured mentorship program focusing on URM and ED students using a surgical simulation lab. The objective was to determine the effect of the mentorship program on…
Descriptors: Mentors, Surgery, Simulation, Laboratories
Moreno, Marissa; McKinney, Lyle; Burridge, Andrea; Rangel, Virginia Snodgrass; Carales, Vincent D. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
In an effort to increase college access and success rates, the state of Texas has expanded dual enrollment programs and Early College High Schools (ECHS) that provide students with the opportunity to begin their collegiate careers while still in high school. More recently, these dual enrollment and ECHS programs have tried to broaden inclusion…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Dual Enrollment, College Credits, Enrollment Rate
Lamb, Lindsay M. – Online Submission, 2017
This report describes characteristics of the 11 model SEL schools in AISD and compares them to nonmodel SEL schools.
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Institutional Characteristics, Models, Elementary Schools
Anthony, Jason L.; Williams, Jeffrey M.; Zhang, Zhoe; Landry, Susan H.; Dunkelberger, Martha J. – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: In an effort toward developing a comprehensive, effective, scalable, and sustainable early childhood education program for at-risk populations, we conducted an experimental evaluation of the value added by 2 family involvement programs to the Texas Early Education Model (TEEM). A total of 91 preschool classrooms that served…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Family Programs, Family Involvement
Brandy R. Maynard; Elizabeth K. Kjellstrand; Aaron M. Thompson – Grantee Submission, 2014
Objectives: This study examined the effects of Check & Connect (C&C) on the attendance, behavior, and academic outcomes of at-risk youth in a field-based effectiveness trial. Method: A multisite randomized block design was used, wherein 260 primarily Hispanic (89%) and economically disadvantaged (74%) students were randomized to treatment…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, Attendance, Student Behavior
Brandy R. Maynard; Elizabeth K. Kjellstrand; Aaron M. Thompson – Research on Social Work Practice, 2014
Objectives: This study examined the effects of Check & Connect (C&C) on the attendance, behavior, and academic outcomes of at-risk youth in a field-based effectiveness trial. Method: A multisite randomized block design was used, wherein 260 primarily Hispanic (89%) and economically disadvantaged (74%) students were randomized to treatment…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, Attendance, Student Behavior
Tong, Fuhui; Irby, Beverly J.; Lara-Alecio, Rafael; Guerrero, Cindy; Fan, Yinan; Huerta, Margarita – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
This paper presents the findings from a randomized control trial study of reading/literacy-integrated science inquiry intervention after 1 year of implementation and the treatment effect on 5th-grade low-socio-economic African-American and Hispanic students' achievement in science and English reading. A total of 94 treatment students and 194…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Economically Disadvantaged, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
Stelling, Laura; Looby, Karen – Online Submission, 2014
This report discusses the second year of Austin Independent School District's (AISD) High Dosage Tutoring Program: students' progress, program summaries, and participant survey results.
Descriptors: School Districts, Tutoring, Achievement Gains, Elementary Schools
Jobs for the Future, 2011
Early college high schools are improving student outcomes in Texas. This performance is being achieved by youth who are underrepresented in college, including Hispanic youth, economically disadvantaged students, and first-generation college goers. In improving readiness for college and careers, early college schools have become an essential part…
Descriptors: High Schools, Economically Disadvantaged, College Preparation, High School Students
Bishoff, Sandra Wells – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine if using an intervention called Student Dictated Oral Review Stories (SDORS) had an effect on science vocabulary usage and content knowledge for ninety-three students in six first grade classrooms and the subgroup of economically disadvantaged students in a mid-sized north Texas school district. The…
Descriptors: Sentences, Journal Writing, Intervention, Economically Disadvantaged
Heier, Sharon L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Federal Title I funding has been allocated to districts since 1965 in an effort to provide schools with a high population of identified low socioeconomic students with additional resources to close the achievement gap. The basis for this study was to ascertain whether the Title I funding that schools received was having a positive impact on…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Program Effectiveness, Standardized Tests, Constructivism (Learning)
Killgo, Jay – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine the common characteristics of economically disadvantaged schools that demonstrate success in academics and extracurricular activities. Mixed-method design was used for this study. The quantitative portion of the study determined the correlation between a school's performance in extracurricular activities,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Program Effectiveness, Extracurricular Activities
Tresslar, Christopher Adrian – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The focus of this study was to examine the relationship between principal ethnicity and other chosen demographics (community type of the school, average years of teacher experience, and percent of students qualifying as economically disadvantaged) and student achievement as measured by the Texas Education Agency's (TEA's) accountability rating…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, High Schools, Ethnicity, Personnel Selection