The Houston Education Research Consortium is a research-practice partnership between the Kinder Institute and eight Houston-area school districts to guide data-driven, equity-minded policy. HERC uses a jointly developed research agenda that involves both researchers and school district leaders working together on critical issues to improve educational equity. The research center follows a long-term, rather than project-based, collaboration to solve longstanding problems with a focus on informing decision-makers directly.
Examining Equitable Access to Health Resources, Support Staff and Technology Across HISD
This series of briefs examines whether HISD students across campuses have equitable access to health resources, support staff and technology.
Equity in the Classroom: Teacher Qualifications and Student Outcomes in HISD (Briefs 1-3)
This series of briefs focuses on teacher qualifications and student outcomes in the Houston Independent School District.
Understanding the Effect of HISD’s EMERGE Program on Student Outcomes
This brief examines the impact of the EMERGE program on the likelihood of participating students applying to and enrolling in selective colleges.
Staying in the Neighborhood: Examining Distance to Zoned Schools and Access to Transportation
This brief examines how students' living distance from their zoned school and access to district-provided school transportation impact enrollment decisions.
Social and Emotional Skills of Students in the Houston Independent School District (Briefs 2-5)
This series of briefs looks at how social and emotional skills are related to academic outcomes, absenteeism, and exclusionary discipline; the context of SSES skills; and the commonalities and differences between students’ self-ratings and teachers’ ratings of students’ SE skills.
This brief examines the middle and high school outcomes of long-term English speakers in the Houston region, with a specific focus on how the timing of reclassification was associated with academic achievement and school engagement.
Equity in CTE Program Availability and Access
This study examined the availability and access to Career and Technical Education programs in HISD.
HISD Student Needs Survey: Fall 2021
HISD's 2021 student needs survey measured student needs across five categories: health, mental health, basic needs, home learning environment, and enrichment activities.
This report proposes alternative definitions for student continuous enrollment. It also looks at the relationship between continuous enrollment and performance.
Pre-K Choice and School Readiness in HISD (Part 4)
This brief serves as the fourth, and final, study in a series examining pre-K access for students in HISD.
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