This report suggests potential program sites for the middle school dual language program based on student needs, campus capacity, and parental and staff interest.

This is an executive summary of a longer report: "AISD Prekindergarten Program Longitudinal Summary Report Issue 2: Half-Day versus Full-Day Programs." In the Austin Independent School District, full-day pre-K students from the 2001-2002 cohort were more likely to pass the 2010 Texas state assessment for 7th-grade reading TAKS than were…

Full-day pre-K students from the 2001-2002 cohort were more likely to pass the 2010 7th-grade reading TAKS than were kindergarten students from the 2002-2003 cohort who were assumed eligible for pre-K but did not attend pre-K in 2001-2002. There is a full report and a separate executive summary report. [For the executive summary of this study, see…

Ninth-grade predictors of dropout risk among Austin Independent School District's English language learner students included the following: having an attendance rate below 90%, being 16 years or older, earning less than 5 course credits, attending a Title I campus and scoring beginning or intermediate on the state's English proficiency assessment…