Identifying effective methods that can counteract seasonal trends in learning loss is essential to ensure continuous literacy growth of young learners. Computer-assisted instruction (CAI) is a solution for providing an effective summer literacy program that could help offset summer learning loss. In this study, four-year-old students from South…

Students who attended Austin Independent School District (AISD) Read Prekindergarten School in 2006-2007 performed better than the state average on their Spring 2011 3rd grade math Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) and had a greater percentage scoring commended on math TAKS than did other AISD pre-K students or those assumed to…

This report provides a description of Austin Independent School District (AISD) English language learner (ELL) student enrollment in the district during school year 2011-2012, examines ELL progress in English proficiency and academic content areas, and evaluates the dual language program in its first year of district wide implementation. A…

This study examined the degree to which achievement gaps existed among different ethnic and racial groups before kindergarten entry. Using published data on the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort, this study found statistically significant differences in language knowledge and skills, literacy knowledge and skills, and mathematics…