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Online Submission, 2013
Each year, Austin Independent School District Department of Research and Evaluation (DRE) staff develop a plan of work to describe the scope of work for the coming year. The plans that make up this document identify programs to be evaluated and services to be provided by DRE staff and provide the blueprints for evaluation that staff will follow…
Descriptors: School Districts, Program Evaluation, Educational Planning, Strategic Planning
Looby, Karen – Online Submission, 2012
Schoolnet is an instructional tool designed to help AISD staff at all levels to improve student achievement. In 2011-2012, the evaluation focused on system implementation.
Descriptors: School Districts, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Educational Improvement
Fowler, Laura T. Sanchez – Online Submission, 2012
The National Wildlife Federation engaged in a two-year partnership with AISD to build and maintain outdoor learning habitats for elementary and middle school campuses. This report summarizes the findings from the year 2 program evaluation (academic year 2011-2012), focusing on teacher perceptions and curriculum considerations as well as the actual…
Descriptors: School Districts, National Organizations, Wildlife, Outdoor Education
Fowler, Laura T. Sanchez – Online Submission, 2012
The National Wildlife Federation and AISD engaged in a project to build outdoor learning classrooms on middle school and elementary school campuses. Teachers participated in a half-day Appreciative Inquiry Summit during the second year of the partnership. This report describes teachers' reflections and aspirations for the Schoolyard Habitats they…
Descriptors: School Districts, National Organizations, Wildlife, Outdoor Education
Koehler, Holly; Doolittle, Martha – Online Submission, 2010
During the 2009-2010 school year, 479 new teachers in the Austin Independent School District were mentored by 419 experienced teachers during more than 12,000 sessions. Planning was the most common type of mentoring activity.
Descriptors: Mentors, School Districts, Experienced Teachers, Faculty Development
Looby, Karen – Online Submission, 2010
This report summarizes 2009-2010 evaluation results of AISD's middle level education plan.
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Educational Planning, Middle School Students, Educational Strategies
Haney, Joshua; Looby, Karen – Online Submission, 2011
This report describes AISD teacher concerns regarding the introduction and implementation of the district's Response to Intervention (RtI) framework in AISD middle schools during the 2010-2011 school year.
Descriptors: School Districts, Teacher Attitudes, Response to Intervention, Middle Schools
Schmitt, Lisa N. T.; Cornetto, Karen M. – Online Submission, 2009
This report summarizes results of Austin Independent School District's (AISD's) 2008-2009 parent survey.
Descriptors: School Districts, Parent Attitudes, Parent School Relationship, Educational Environment
Washington, Wanda – Online Submission, 2008
This report summarizes results from the 2007 Austin Independent School District summer school program at those Title I schools that provided summer services to students who did not attend other district summer school programs.
Descriptors: Summer Schools, At Risk Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation
Huskey, Barton – Online Submission, 2001
This report summarizes evaluation results on the costs and benefits of administering ACT's EXPLORE assessment in AISD during its pilot year in 2000-2001.
Descriptors: School Districts, Pilot Projects, Costs, Decision Making