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Download full textJames J. Barton; Kaye Shelton; Kenneth Young – School Leadership Review, 2022
Public school districts in Texas and policymakers need studies of efficiency in the production of College, Career, and Military Ready graduates to maximize resources in the House Bill 3 funding formula and improve ratings in the Texas public school accountability system. A replication of efficiency studies by Carter (2012) and Thompson (2017), the…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Armed Forces, High School Graduates
Direct linkAdamuti-Trache, Maria; Zhang, Yi Leaf; Barker, Staci L. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2020
The Texas Legislature passed House Bill 5 in 2013 to adopt the Foundation High School Program, a new graduation program intended to support youth college and career readiness. Texan students entering grade 9 were guided to enroll in one or more endorsements with a specific curriculum designed to introduce them to STEM, Business & Industry,…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Vocational Education, Public Schools
Teresa Lansford; J. Jacob Kirksey – High School Journal, 2023
In 2013, the state of Texas passed House Bill 5 (HB 5) which established high school course pathways tailored to student interests by labor market area via the Foundation High School Program (FHSP). The pathway options for students include STEM, Arts and Humanities, Business and Industry, Public Service, and Multidisciplinary. While the intent of…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Graduation Requirements, Educational Change, High School Students
James Barton – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Public school districts in Texas and policymakers need studies of efficiency in the production of College, Career, and Military Ready graduates to maximize resources in the House Bill 3 funding formula and improve ratings in the Texas public school accountability system. A replication of efficiency studies by Carter (2012) and Thompson (2017), the…
Descriptors: School Districts, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Armed Forces
Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2022
The "IDRA Newsletter" serves as a vehicle for communication with educators, school board members, decision-makers, parents, and the general public concerning the educational needs of all children across the United States. The focus of this issue is "Fair & Effective Education Policy." Contents include: (1) Community…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Advocacy, State Legislation, At Risk Students
Adamuti-Trache, Maria; Zhang, Yi Leaf; Hagedorn, Linda Serra – Texas Education Review, 2021
To support youth early motivation for college and careers that meet workforce needs, the Texas Legislature in 2013 passed House Bill 5 to adopt a new high school graduation program, which allows students to pursue "endorsements" as they begin 9th grade. Endorsements introduce high-school students to STEM, Business & Industry, Public…
Descriptors: Public Schools, High Schools, Enrollment, High School Students
Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2023
The "IDRA Newsletter" serves as a vehicle for communication with educators, school board members, decision-makers, parents, and the general public concerning the educational needs of all children across the United States. The focus of this issue is "Policy Priorities." Contents include: (1) IDRA Kicks Off 50th Anniversary…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Policy, Public Schools, State Legislation
Lynn Mellor; Ginger Stoker; Shaylyn Quinn – American Institutes for Research, 2021
The purpose of this study was to understand how high schools in Texas were implementing the new graduation requirements that were enacted under House Bill 5 during the 2013 Texas Legislature. The study included interviews and survey data collected from 50 randomly selected public high schools in Texas during the 2018-19 school year. The study team…
Descriptors: High Schools, Graduation Requirements, Public Policy, Public Schools
Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2021
Despite the myriad of challenges that families, students, teachers and policymakers faced in 2021, the momentum to transform education did not waver. New opportunities for students unfolded in more than a dozen states through expanded private and public school choice. An additional 1.7 million students gained eligibility for private choice alone,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, School Choice, Public Schools, Private Education
Tarlton, Edward Lamont – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of the 4-H Life Skills program on participants' noncognitive college and career readiness levels, utilizing the ACT Engage 6-9 instrument (formerly known as the Student Readiness Inventory--Middle School) to evaluate quantitatively the noncognitive (psychosocial) college and career readiness…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Grade 8, Middle School Students
Almond, Monica – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2017
Of the nearly 100 different types of high school diplomas that are awarded across all fifty states and the District of Columbia, less than half prepare students for success in college and career. And while the national high school graduation rate is at an all-time high, the rate at which students earn these college- and career-ready (CCR) diplomas…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Disproportionate Representation, Low Income Students
Campos, Carolina I. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Students with disabilities learn differently and at various rates. The issue is not the students, however, but is the lack of a belief system to have the same expectations for students with disabilities as their non-disabled peers. Rules and regulations have been established to ensure K-12 public schools comply with and provide quality services to…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Policy
Peña, Rodrigo H.; Mundy, Marie-Anne; Kupczynski, Lori; Ruiz, Alberto – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2018
The purpose of this study was to analyze the high school curriculum and instruction per pupil allocation and the effect on the Algebra I and English I State Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) End of Course (EOC) scores. A mixed Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to find if the high school curriculum and instruction per pupil allocation…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, High School Students, Secondary School Curriculum, Algebra
Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2020
To innovate for the future and improve equity, while also protecting foundational and proven principles that support high-quality education, ExcelinEd is committing to 5 goals over 5 years to impact 5 million students. Those goals hold the key to impactful and far-reaching changes in education, with the power to transform schools, students' lives,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Access to Computers, Disadvantaged, Achievement Gap
Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2016
Each edition of the IDRA Newsletter strives to provide many different perspectives on the issues in education topics discussed and to define its significance in the state and national dialogue. This issue focuses on College Preparedness and includes: (1) Ready Texas: Gathering Stakeholder Input to Guide Research on New Texas High School Graduation…
Descriptors: College Preparation, College Readiness, Stakeholders, High School Graduates
