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Download full textPiñon, Denise; Koehler, Holly – Online Submission, 2002
This report summarizes Austin Independent School District's (AISD's) Account for Learning evaluation report and action plan for 1999-2002.
Descriptors: School Districts, Program Evaluation, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
Koehler, Holly – 1997
ExceL grants are a local funding initiative of the Austin Independent School District (Texas) designed to improve student achievement at the elementary level. Schools submit proposals for the 4-year grants, and the amount of the grant is determined based on the number of students not meeting minimum expectations on the Texas Assessment of Academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Disadvantaged Youth
Houston Independent School District, TX. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1996
Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act was amended in 1996 to authorize funding for the Title I Migrant Education program to provide educational and counseling assistance to eligible children of migratory farm and fishery workers. An evaluation was conducted of the implementation of the migrant education program in the Houston…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Counseling, Delivery Systems
Curry, Janice; Washington, Wanda; Zyskowski, Gloria – 1997
The Austin Independent School District (AISD) (Texas) has been involved in year-round education for 5 years. In 1995-96, 11 elementary schools and 1 middle school had adopted the year-round plan. In all schools, the plan is a single-track plan, so that all students and all teachers have the same schedule, in which students are in school for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education
Curry, Janice; And Others – 1996
Title I is a compensatory education program supported by funds from the Department of Education to enable high-poverty schools to provide opportunities for educationally disadvantaged children. In 1995-96, Title I provided funding to 38 campuses in the Austin Independent School District (AISD) (Texas) through schoolwide programs and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Dropouts, Educationally Disadvantaged
Washington, Wanda – 1998
The Texas legislature and the State Board of Education, recognizing the need for an alternative to student retention, established the Retention Reduction Pilot Program to provide additional days of instruction for students in first grade who would otherwise have been retained. The Optional Extended Year Program (OEYP) was initiated to expand…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
