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Download full textHouston Independent School District, 2021
The "Texas State Plan for the Education of Gifted/Talented Students" (Texas State Plan) represents the accountability plan for measuring the performance of districts in providing state-mandated services to students identified as gifted/talented (G/T). The State Board of Education approved revisions in July 2019. The Texas State Plan…
Descriptors: Gifted Education, Academically Gifted, Talent Development, Program Evaluation
Houston Independent School District, 2019
According to Section 29.123 of the Texas Education Code, the "Texas State Plan for the Education of Gifted/Talented Students" (G/T) forms the basis of program accountability for state-mandated services for G/T students. In the Houston Independent School District, G/T students were served through one of two program designs: Board-approved…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Gifted Education, Academically Gifted, Talent Development
Holmes, Venita R. – Houston Independent School District, 2018
This study hypothesized that HISD prekindergarten participation consistently correlated with better educational outcomes for students. Taking into account students' age differences through kindergarten enrollment, propensity score matching controlled for students' background characteristics. Three cohorts of students in this study were eligible or…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement, Language Arts
Peer reviewedReynolds, Arthur J.; And Others – Journal of Educational Research, 1988
This study assessed the effects of an intensive 64-hour Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) coaching program on urban, gifted students' test scores. Ninety-seven students participated in the summer coaching program; 47 formed the comparison group. Results are discussed and analyzed. (JL)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, College Entrance Examinations, Program Effectiveness, Scores
Reynolds, Arthur J.; Oberman, Geraldine L. – 1987
The history of test coaching has shown that positive benefits can be produced from short-term orientation, practice, and drill. Coaching on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) has been especially scrutinized for efficacy and has shown modest program effects, despite the limited scope and duration of such programs. The present investigation expands…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Classroom Observation Techniques, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Testing
Jackson, Rex – 1976
A sharp decline in the number of Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) candidates scoring over 600 (on a scale of 200-800), has been observed from 1969-70 through 1974-75. Several suggested explanations of this phenomenon relating to test-taking patterns are discussed. Specifically examined are the possibilities that fewer students take the SAT more than…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, Drills (Practice)
Jackson, Rex – 1976
Data are presented concerning the numbers of students taking the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) and the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), and their mean scores for the period 1959 through l976. The implications of these results in relation to changes in the candidate group…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Problems
