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Jaska, Patrick; Hogan, Patrick; Wen, Zhezhu – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2009
This study examines factors affecting test scores in a sample of thirty-seven Texas public high schools from 2003 to 2007 since the implementation of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001. The schools were chosen based upon similar tax rates and district sizes. The Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) test was implemented in 2003…
Descriptors: Accountability, Public Schools, Scores, Federal Legislation
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Braley, Richard; Slate, John R.; Cavazos, Jose – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2009
These researchers analyzed the perceptions of parents of students determined to be at-risk about their involvement with their children. Parents (n = 229), predominantly Hispanic, were surveyed from elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools in a district in South Texas near the Texas-Mexico border. Quantitative data obtained from the…
Descriptors: Parents, Parent Attitudes, At Risk Students, Academic Achievement
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Bingham, Wayne; Jones, Timothy B.; Jackson, Sherion H. – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2007
This research examined the level of equity of the public school funding system in Texas that in September of 2004 was held to be unconstitutional by a state district judge. The study also introduces a mechanism, referred to as the Revenue-to-Population Index or RTP Index, which compares funding equity within the unconstitutional system among 1031…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Financial Support, Educational Equity (Finance), Public Schools
Quinn, Mary Magee; Poirier, Jeffrey M. – American Institutes for Research, 2007
This report presents findings of a study conducted to identify the components of systems that effectively meet the diverse, ever changing needs of children with disabilities for whom traditional school settings do not work. A secondary goal of this study was to develop a conceptually clear and empirically grounded definition of alternative…
Descriptors: Expertise, Nontraditional Education, Student Improvement, Attendance
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Meeker, Steven D.; Edmonson, Stacey; Fisher, Alice – International Journal on School Disaffection, 2008
This study attempts to answer the following research question: What are the factors that prevent students from completing high school? The participants in this study included 228 current and recent students from General Educational Development (GED) programs across the state of Texas. In an effort to gain a clearer picture of circumstances faced…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Focus Groups, Graduation, Pregnancy
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1983
Student school enrollment patterns within six school districts in Texas, California, and Florida were reviewed to determine whether students classified as children of migratory agricultural workers were missing school and having their education disrupted because of their lifestyle. Using the Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS) forms,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agricultural Laborers, Attendance Patterns, Definitions
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Stewart, Kenneth L.; De Leon, Arnoldo – Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies, 1985
Examines patterns of school attendance, adult literacy, and occupational status among U.S.-born Mexican Americans, Mexican immigrants, and Anglos in south, central, and west Texas regions, 1850-1900. Concludes that education and literacy produced occupational advantages only for Anglos. (SV)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Anglo Americans, Attendance Patterns, Comparative Analysis
Afterschool Alliance, 2002
Studies show that afterschool programs improve academic achievement, reduce grade retention and increase student attendance and interest in school. Across the country, afterschool is a key element in strategies to turn around under-performing schools. The superintendent of Philadelphia and the governor of Virginia have used afterschool to turn…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Programs, Educational Change, State Standards
Texas Migrant Council, Inc., Laredo.
In 1969 the Texas Migrant Council Mobile Head Start began a program of year-round day care/head start services that would follow migrant children from their South Texas winter home to certain northern states during the summer. Services included educational, medical and nutritional help. Prime grantee for the project was initially the Colorado…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Average Daily Attendance, Day Care, Enrollment
Karr-Kidwell, PJ; Beauchamp, Deanna – 2003
This paper reports on a field research project designed to provide staff members of one particular Texas middle school the knowledge and ability to affect student attendance. The purpose of the field research was to identify effective strategies, led by site-based management teams, to enhance student attendance. Data were collected from a review…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Attendance Records, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Richardson, Chad; Nyer, Loren M. – 1974
By 1971, Texas had attained the largest enrollment of adults in adult basic education (ABE) of all States. This report provides a descriptive profile of ABE teachers and students and analyzes factors determining student enrollment, attendance, and program completion. An exploratory search, the study assesses the relationship of situational,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Davis, Effie Mae – 1973
An oral language program was instituted at DeZavala Elementary School (San Antonio, Texas) for pupils from kindergarten and grades 1 and 2 who were identified as having difficulty with oral English expression and in understanding instruction given in other than Spanish. The program employed a bilingual teacher and aides who worked with 4-8 pupils…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Auditory Training, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Compensatory Education. – 1967
Sixteen thousand seven hundred and sixty-six migrant children participated in 1966-67 in Texas projects for migrant education. An overall evaluation of the 1966-67 Texas Project for the Education of Migrant Children is found in this report, along with evaluations of the summer 1967 Texas Migrant Interstate Cooperation Project, and the Migrant…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Community Programs, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Enrichment
Caliver, Ambrose – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1936
The present study reveals both positive and negative relationships between a multiplicity of factors and availability of education. The probable effects of many of these factors in various relationships is also discussed. The study was suggested by two other studies on availability of education published in 1930. One was reported in the Thirtieth…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Rural Areas, Counties, Educational History
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