Publications

GEAR UP Austin: Impacting Lives Project, 2004-2005
This report summarizes the 2004-2005 program evaluation results of AISD's GEAR Up program, a program that encourages and supports students' rates of high school graduation and post-secondary enrollment.

State Compensatory Education, 2004-2005
State Compensatory Education (SCE) is a supplemental program designed to eliminate disparities in (a) student performance on assessment instruments administered under chapter 39 of the Texas Education Code (1995), and (b) the rates of high school completion between students who are at risk of dropping out of school, as defined by Texas Education Code 29.081 (1995), and all other students. This report examines the results for the State Compensatory Education program for at-risk students in AISD for the 2004-2005 school year.

INVEST: Working to Improve Outcomes for First-Time Substance Use Offenders Evaluation Findings, 2004-2005
The INVEST sessions are intended to help students and their parents improve communication skills, improve anger management strategies, develop positive conflict resolution methods, develop problem-solving skills, and access support services as needed. When a middle or high school student is removed from the home campus to the Alternative Learning Center (ALC) for a first-time substance use offense, he or she has the option of participating in INVEST. Students who choose to participate may return to their home campuses after attending four INVEST sessions with a parent or other significant…

Title I Evaluation, 2004-2005
This report summarizes evaluation information for AISD's Title I program activities for the 2004-2005 school year.

Title V, Part A Summary Report: 2004-2005
This report summarizes evaluation results for AISD's federally-funded Title V Part A innovative program activities for the 2004-2005 school year.

Bilingual/ESL Program Evaluation Summary: 2004-2005
This report summarizes evaluation information for the AISD bilingual and English as a second language programs for the 2004-2005 school year.

Optional Extended Year Program Summary Report: 2004-2005
This report summarizes evaluation information for the AISD Optional Extended Year grant program for the 2004-2005 school year.

Title IV Safe and Drug Free Schools and Community, 2004-2005
During the 2004-2005 school year, AISD received a total Title IV grant of $477,413 that was used to support substance use and violence prevention efforts at each level of the AISD Student Intervention Model.

PreKindergarten Expansion Grant Evaluation Report, 2004-2005
This report summarizes AISD's 2004-2005 prekindergarten program activities and student participation and performance results.

Positive Behavior Support Evaluation, 2004-2005
Following pilot implementation in 2003-2004, a cohort of 16 AISD schools received district support for the implementation of Positive Behavior Support (PBS) on their campuses in 2004-2005. The results of the evaluation suggest that by spring 2005, most schools had created representative PBS teams, established clearly defined behavioral expectations, developed on-going systems for rewarding behavioral expectations, and implemented systems for responding to behavioral violations.