Publications
New Discoveries in High School Arts Participation and the Implications for Equity
In this report, we grouped students into three distinct categories, based on patterns that emerged in arts participation during high school, which we named spartans, explorers, and deep divers. The patterns in arts participation represent not just the students, but also the opportunities and barriers they encountered. We found that these patterns are strongly associated with student characteristics and postsecondary outcomes. Our hope is that understanding these patterns in arts participation will inform how we strategize for more equitable access to the arts during high school.
ACCESS Initiative 2009-2010 Summary: Conflict Resolution and Violence Prevention at Garcia Middle School
This report summarizes the 2009-2010 evaluation results of AISD's ACCESS initiative conflict resolution and violence prevention program at Garcia Middle School.
Program Summary and First Year Outcomes for the ACCESS Initiative 2007-2008
This report summarizes results from the Austin Community Collaboration to Enhance Student Success (ACCESS) program in AISD during 2007-2008.
State Compensatory Education Update, 2011-2012 and 2012-2013
This report describes the AISD at-risk student population and expenditures for 2012-2013, results from program evaluations conducted in 2011-2012 and 2012-2013, and the longitudinal disparity between performance of at-risk and not-at-risk students.
Social and Emotional Learning: Implementation and Program Outcomes, 2010-2011 Through 2014-2015
This report describes campus effects of AISD's SEL program from the year prior to SEL implementation (i.e., 2010-2011 when available) through 2014-2015. Analyses also examine which SEL outcome measures were related to SEL implementation ratings.
Title IV Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Evaluation Report 1999-2000
This report summarizes results of the AISD federally funded Title IV safe and drug-free schools and communities program evaluation for the 1999-2000 school year.
Title IV Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Evaluation Report, 2000-2001
This report summarizes evaluation results for AISD's federally-funded Title IV safe and drug-free schools program activities for the 2000-2001 school year.
Title IV Evaluation Report 1998-1999
Funds from the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994 supported AISD's Title IV program with the goal of enabling schools to supplement local efforts to eliminate violence and the use of drugs, tobacco, and alcohol among students.