Publications Archive
Students of International High School
This report provides a longitudinal analysis of enrollment patterns and development of English proficiency among International High School students.
The Properties of Students' Personal Development Skills Report Card Ratings
Analyses presented in this report suggest that elementary school students’ personal development skill ratings were fairly stable over time at the student, teacher, and grade levels. Students’ personal development skill ratings also were positively related to students’ achievement.
Social and Emotional Learning Technical Report: Student Level Outcomes, 2015-2016
This 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.
Principals' Platicas on Elementary Dual Language Program, January 2017
This report summarizes highlights from discussions, or "platicas", held with elementary principals about the district's dual language program. Principals provided their opinions about the program and gave suggestions for improvements.
Has school climate in ÁùºÏ±¦µä changed over time since the implementation of the Learning Support Centers
This report summarizes changes in student discretionary discipline removals from ÁùºÏ±¦µä schools and changes in staff's climate survey as well as students' climate survey results from 2011-2012 through 2015-2016, with a focus on when learning support centers were implemented in 2012-2013.
2015-2016 Creative Learning Initiative Annual Report
The Creative Learning Initiative (CLI) is a community-wide effort to bring creative learning and the arts to each and every student in ÁùºÏ±¦µä. Lead by MINDPOP, the City of ÁùºÏ±¦µä, and the ÁùºÏ±¦µä (ÁùºÏ±¦µä), CLI designs systemic and sustainable programs that integrate creativity, creative teaching strategies, and the arts with classroom teaching, campus programming, and campus improvement. Evaluation findings suggest CLI implementation had a positive impact on the district, its teachers and the students it serves.
Creative Campus Profiles, 2015-2016
Research on creative learning shows that students attending arts-rich schools have higher levels of motivation and better academic and social success. Arts richness is measured in the Creative Campus profile reports, based on information gathered in the 2015-2016 Arts Inventory. The profile was developed and piloted in the Creative Learning Initiative (CLI) campuses over two years, but is relevant and now available for all ÁùºÏ±¦µä campuses. This will be an annual report, and will be used to track the progress of our district's investment in the whole child through the arts and creative…
Families as Partners Parent Camp Fall 2016
In Fall 2016, the Families as Partners Initiative, funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, hosted its first parent camp for families of five schools in North ÁùºÏ±¦µä. This report describes the camp activities and summarizes the feedback parents provided about their experience.
Equity in ÁùºÏ±¦µä: District Summary of Equity Work and Action Steps for Improvement
This report provides a summary of the district's gap analyses, Equity Self-Assessment Survey results, current research, and district action steps.
English Language Learners' Academic Performance Across Four Years, 2012-2013 Through 2015-2016
ELLs are assessed annually in academic subject areas using the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) at elementary and middle school levels. This report describes continuously enrolled ÁùºÏ±¦µä ELLs’ performance as compared with all ÁùºÏ±¦µä students' performance on STAAR reading and math by program, from 2012–2013 through 2015–2016.