More students feel safe in their afterschool programs than feel safe during the school day, according to 2017-2018 climate surveys. In addition, in afterschool programs, many desirable climate factors increased from the 2016-2017 school year to the 2017-2018 school year, while they decreased in the school-day environment.

Gender-diverse secondary students (i.e., students in grades 6-11 who identify as transgender, nonbinary, or questioning) continue to report a more challenging school climate than their cisgender peers, according to results from the 2020-2021 AISD Student Climate Survey. This report highlights the largest differences in students' perceptions and…

District-wide surveys are used in a variety of ways around the district and are designed to collect feedback from some of our main district stakeholders. Although there is a general understanding that some of the same topics are examined in these surveys, a comparison of these surveys to determine any direct overlap in survey items has not been…

In the spring of 2017, the AISD Department of Research and Evaluation (DRE) administered the Substance Use and Safety Survey (SSUSS) to track middle and high school students' self-reported knowledge, attitudes, and behavior related to substance use and perceptions of school safety. Results from this survey are used to inform and assist with…

This executive summary of a full report describes students' responses to the 2017-2018 Student Climate Survey and analyzes responses to the survey since the 2015-2016 school year. [For the full report, see ED629448.]

This report describes how transgender middle and high school students at AISD feel about their school climates, as reported through the 2017 student climate survey, and how they perform at their schools. [For the executive summary, see ED629436.]

This report summarizes Austin Independent School District student demographics and participation in Bilingual and English as a Second Language programs for 2019-2020 (N = 22,758). Emergent bilingual students' perceptions of school climate and college intentions are also discussed.

This supplemental report provides information from the full report (published separately) that describes campus effects of AISD's Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) program from the year prior to SEL implementation (i.e., 2010-2011 when available) through 2014-2015. Analyses also examine which SEL outcome measures were related to SEL…

This report analyzes the effects of the Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) program on outcomes of interest over time. Data are analyzed based on school longevity in SEL. A separate executive summary also was published. [For the executive summary, see ED626964.]

This executive summary provides highlights from the full report (published separately) that summarizes analyses of the effects of the Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) program on outcomes of interest over time. Data are analyzed based on school longevity in SEL. [For the full report, see ED626963.]

This report describes campus effects of AISD's Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) program from the year prior to SEL implementation (i.e., 2010-2011 when available) through 2014-2015. Analyses also examine which SEL outcome measures were related to SEL implementation ratings. Separate executive summary report and supplemental report were…

This executive summary provides highlights from the full report (published separately) that describes campus effects of AISD's Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) program from the year prior to SEL implementation (i.e., 2010-2011 when available) through 2014-2015. Analyses also examine which SEL outcome measures were related to SEL implementation…

Every year, the Austin Independent School District (AISD) administers the Student Substance Use and Safety Survey to a random, representative sample of middle and high school students. The survey tracks student knowledge, attitudes, and behavior over time. These results are from the 2014-2015 school year.

The Student Substance Use and Safety Survey, administered annually to a random, representative sample of AISD middle and high school students, provides self-report data on student knowledge, attitudes, and behavior related to substance use and school safety issues. These are the results from the spring 2014 survey.

This technical report summarizes student-level analyses conducted with the SEL Skills Survey and the Student Climate Survey to determine if a single measure of students' SEL skill acquisition and perceptions of school climate is possible. A separate research brief of this report also was published. [This report was supported by St. David's…