Publications

Austin Collaborative for Mathematics Education 2001-2002 Final Evaluation
The Austin Collaborative for Mathematics Education (ACME) was an initiative begun in August 1997 to improve mathematics education in all AISD elementary and middle school classrooms by providing teachers with long term, high quality professional development. This report summarizes information for 2001-2002.

Getting Ahead of the Need: Comprehensive Counseling for Elementary Schools Year One Evaluation Report 2001-2002
The Getting Ahead of the Need: Comprehensive Counseling for Elementary Schools grant was awarded by the Safe and Drug Free Schools Program through the Department of Education to improve elementary school counseling prevention and intervention services offered in the Austin Independent School District.

Title I Evaluation Report, 2001-02
AISD used $13,541,075 federal Title I funds for 2001-2002 to serve low-income students and support district parent involvement and other grant activities.

Title VI, Class Size Reduction Summary: 2001-2002
The purpose of the federal Title VI, Class Size Reduction program is to reduce class sizes in grades K-3 to 18 or fewer students. Funds were used for recruiting, hiring, and training highly qualified teachers to raise student achievement through increased personal attention. This report summarizes AISD's Title VI program in 2001-2002.

Prekindergarten Evaluation 2001-2002
This report summarizes evaluation of the AISD prekindergarten program for the 2001-2002 school year.

Summer Opportunity to Accelerate Reading (SOAR) Evaluation, 2002
Summer Opportunity to Accelerate Reading (SOAR) 2002 was AISD's summer reading program serving 2,251 students completing kindergarten through grade 2 in June 2002. Among students with valid reading scores, 86% made reading gains during the program.

Optional Extended Year Program Summary: 2001-2002
This report summarizes evaluation information for the AISD 2001-2002 Optional Extended Year grant program.

Title VI Summary 2001-2002
This report summarizes AISD's evaluation results for the federally-funded Title VI program during the 2001-2002 school year.

Principles of Learning 2001-2002 Evaluation Report
This report summarizes evaluation results from the AISD Principles of Learning initiative for the 2001-2002 school year.

Model Reading Intervention Program, Grade 4: 2001-2002
This report summarizes evaluation results from AISD's Model Reading Intervention Program (MRIP) at grade 4 during the 2001-2002 school year.