This research brief examines student, campus, and neighborhood characteristics that can be considered risk or protective factors for the likelihood of an English learner (EL) becoming an LTEL (long-term English learner).
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EDUCATION
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.
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Projects and Initiatives
Research
Student Mobility in Texas and the Houston Area
This report is the culmination of a multi-year study on student mobility undertaken by the Kinder Institute for Urban Research's Houston Education Research Consortium in collaboration with 10 public school districts in the Houston area.
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EDUCATION
The Relationship Between School-Year Mobility and School Performance in the Houston Area
A study of 10 public school districts in the Houston area found that the higher the school-year mobility rate at a school, the lower its accountability performance.
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EDUCATION
Consistency in Campus Student Mobility Predicting Campus Mobility at Houston Area Public Schools
This brief relays findings on how campuses’ student body characteristics, neighborhood features, campus attributes, and nearby alternative schooling options influence campus mobility rates.
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EDUCATION
Tens of thousands of students in the Houston area switched schools during the school year annually. This study examined what this mobility meant for students’ performance on state accountability tests, high school grade retention, high school dropout, and high school graduation.
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EDUCATION
School Suspension and Juvenile Justice Contact in the Houston Independent School District
This two-part study seeks to understand the relationship between school suspensions and juvenile justice contact in the Houston Independent School District (HISD).
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EDUCATION
Student Mobility Leaving Districts in the Houston Area: Where do students go? And do they return?
This study highlights the unique patterns of student mobility and the returner phenomenon in 10 Houston-area school districts.
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EDUCATION
Flows of Student Mobility in the Houston Region
In this series of research briefs, HERC examines the between district mobility of students from the perspective of 10 public school districts in the Houston area.
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EDUCATION
Student Mobility Networks in the Greater Houston Area
This brief explores the informal networks of elementary school student mobility in the Greater Houston area across 27 independent school districts (ISDs).
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EDUCATION
Social and Emotional Skills of Students in the Houston Independent School District (Brief 1)
Two briefs analyze the social and emotional skills of a representative group of 10 and 15-year-old students in HISD.
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EDUCATION
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