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Ellegood, William A.; Bernard Bracy, Jill M.; Sweeney, Donald C., II – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2023
This article presents an analysis of the participation of Texas public school districts in the Advanced Placement (AP) program for academic years ending 2013 through 2019. We develop and estimate to a panel of school district data a hurdle count model composed of: (1) a first stage fixed effect binomial logistic regression model of the probability…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Public Schools, School Districts, Access to Education
Center for Public Policy Priorities, 2012
Texas households experience food insecurity at a rate of nearly 19 percent (one of the highest in the nation). Kids without access to meals are less likely to perform well in school and more likely to be at risk of poor health. While most children have access to meals during the year through the national school lunch program, participation in…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Hunger, Nutrition, Summer Programs
Garces, Liliana M. – American Educational Research Journal, 2013
This study examines the effects of affirmative action bans in four states (California, Florida, Texas, and Washington) on the enrollment of underrepresented students of color within six different graduate fields of study: the natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, business, education, and humanities. Findings show that affirmative action…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Humanities
Cortes, Kalena E. – Economics of Education Review, 2010
In light of the recent bans on affirmative action in higher education, this paper provides new evidence on the effects of alternative admissions policies on the persistence and college completion of minority students. I find that the change from affirmative action to the Top 10% Plan in Texas decreased both retention and graduation rates of…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Affirmative Action, College Admission, Minority Group Students
Gottlieb, Amy Sue – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The importance and use of data and information to make sound programmatic decisions are receiving increased attention as state and federal funding for public health programs grows tighter and as demands for accountability continue. This dissertation provides insight into fundamental questions regarding the utilization of a Web-based reporting…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Public Health, Smoking, Prevention
Castellano, Marisa; Harrison, Linda; Schneider, Sherrie – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2007
Many state educational administrators are currently working to define secondary career and technical education (CTE) content standards that specify the knowledge and skills students are expected to master in CTE program areas. The two-phase project on which this report is based explored (a) the progress and status of states in developing statewide…
Descriptors: Technical Education, State Standards, Educational Practices, Career Education
Kraushaar, Kevin, Comp.; Elliott, Delia, Comp. – 1993
The Southwest Institute for Developmental Disabilities conducted surveys of families of people being served at two state schools and of employees of those schools about expected school closures. All 871 families, guardians, or primary correspondents with families members at the Fort Worth (FW) or Travis (T) State Schools as of March 31, 1992 were…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Developmental Disabilities, Employee Attitudes
Kraushaar, Kevin, Comp.; Elliott, Delia, Comp. – 1995
The Southwest Institute for Developmental Disabilities conducted surveys in 1993 and 1994 of families of people being served at two state schools and of employees of those schools about expected school closures. The two employee surveys explored attitudes about downsizing and closure, morale, and job satisfaction. In 1993, 803 employees at the…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Developmental Disabilities, Employee Attitudes
Braddock, David – 1991
This paper considers implications of the findings of the Texas Performance Review concerning mental retardation services, in light of decreasing numbers of students at state schools and budgetary restraints on major investments in both institutional operations and community service programs. The paper concludes that Texas should consider closing…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Developmental Disabilities