Publications

High Dosage Tutoring Program Summary 2013-2014
In the 2013–2014 school year, the High-Dosage Tutoring (HDT) Program served approximately 1,698 students at nine AISD schools. This report summarizes the third year of implementation and outcomes.

PreKindergarten Program 2013-2014, Academic Performance
This report evaluates students’ achievement in the AISD pre-K program during the 2013–2014 school year, based on Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-IV (PPVT) and Test de Vocabularío en Imagenes Peabody (TVIP) results.
NCLB Title I, Part A Program Summary, 2013-2014
This report summarizes AISD federal NCLB Title I compliance and service data from the 2013-2014 school year. More than $23 million was spent to serve more than 45,000 students. State academic test results showed that students at Title I schools had lower passing rates than students at non-Title I schools.
AISD REACH Program Update: Student Learning Objective Assessments
This report addresses the extent to which assessment characteristics related to teachers’ success with SLOs in 2013-14. Student performance on preapproved and teacher-made tests did not differ, but the format of assessment was related to SLO success.

AISD REACH Program Update: 2013-2014 Participant Feedback
A total of 620 staff from all 38 REACH schools responded to the Spring survey and 149 staff at the 18 newest REACH schools attended focus groups to provide their thoughts about specific aspects of AISD REACH. Results are summarized in this report.
The Dual Language Program: 2013-2014 Teacher Focus Group Summary
This report summarizes results from Spring 2014 focus groups held with a sample of AISD dual language program classroom teachers to find out their opinions about the dual language program.

Career and Technical Education: College Readiness and Cost-Effectiveness, 2013-2014
The CTE program was more cost-effective in 2013–2014 than it was in 2012–2013, despite a lower college readiness rate and an increase in the per student cost from the previous year. This was CTE’s third year of improvement in cost-effectiveness.

Summary of the American Institutes for Research's (AIR) Report on Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in the Austin Independent School District (AISD), 2014
This report summarizes the analyses described in AIR's year 3 report for the Collaborating Districts Initiative (CDI) evaluation of AISD's SEL program. Recommendations are also included.

2013-2014 Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Update: Analysis of the Tri-Level Program Implementation Rubric
AISD Social Emotional Learning (SEL) coaches rated schools on the degree to which they implemented 10 domains believed to best exemplify program goals. This study examines the validity and reliability of the implementation rubric they used.

Texas Literacy Initiative Staff Survey Summary, Coaches' Responses, Spring 2014
The Texas Literacy Initiative (TLI) was first implemented in AISD during the 2012–2013 school. This report summarizes Spring 2014 survey responses from coaches/specialists at TLI campuses. Click to learn about their experiences during the second year of the initiative.