The Role of College Prep Course Offerings and Course-Taking in Long-Term Educational Outcomes
This study analyzes the distribution of college prep course offerings across Texas high schools and which school characteristics are associated with higher and lower numbers of college prep course offerings
The Effects of HISD Summer School
This study provides an assessment of the effectiveness of Houston ISD 2016 summer school, which the district offered both to retained students (which was required and needed for promotion) as well as promoted students (which was not required but available for summer enrichment).
Kinder Houston Area Survey: 2019 Results
Through 38 years of Houston surveys, KHAS has tracked responses to the economic and demographic transformations of the Bayou City.
Harris County’s College Advising Needs
This Houston Education Research Consortium report assesses college advising needs in Pasadena, Galena Park, Sheldon, Humble, Aldine, Cypress-Fairbanks, Spring Branch, Alief and Katy ISD.
HISD's Decentralization Reform (Part 4: Funding)
This brief addresses Houston ISD's decentralization funding and is the final part of a larger study about HISD's decentralization.
HISD's Decentralization Reform (Part 3: Decentralization and Student Achievement)
This brief provides evidence on the relationship between HISD's decentralization reforms and student achievement.
Researchers found arts-learning experiences benefit students in terms of reductions in disciplinary infractions, increases in compassion for others and improvements in writing achievement.
Tracking Eighth-Graders' Postsecondary Outcomes in Harris County
Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC) used the Houston Community Data Connections platform to track hundreds of thousands of Houston-area students' educational and professional careers for 17 years.
Predictors of School Discipline
This study examines the likelihood that a student will receive a school disciplinary action, such as in-school or out-of-school suspension.
HISD's Decentralization Reform (Part 2: Principal Survey)
This research brief looks at HISD principal attitudes and satisfaction within the current decentralized model.
Kinder Houston Area Survey: 2018 Results
37th annual Kinder Houston Area Survey
Transitioning to College and Work: Where are high school seniors from 2006-2008 now? (Part 1)
This research brief describes the college outcomes of three cohorts of 12th grade students in the Houston Independent School District through descriptive statistics of college enrollment, college completion and annual income.
HISD’s Decentralization Reform (Part 1: Policy Analysis)
his research brief is Part I of a four-part series that studies the implementation and impact of the HISD decision to decentralize in the 1990s
Eligiendo Escuelas: English Learners and Access to School Choice
Using data from Houston Independent School District (HISD), researchers examined English learner participation in a system of school choice. Specifically, researchers investigated the extent to which never, current, and former English learners enrolled in a non-zoned HISD school.
This two-part study confirms the broad variations of pre-kindergarten offerings across the state's largest school district, Houston Independent School District.
How research helps Spring ISD drive student success
Leaders in Spring ISD don’t have to look far to find district graduates who have benefited from their schools’ Career and Technical Education programs. Michael King, a 2018 grad, is an audio/video technician in the district’s technology department, an example of talent and dedication meeting opportunity.
Why thousands of Houston-area households could soon lose a crucial internet subsidy
A program aimed at helping underserved communities afford internet service is expected to end in the coming months, a potential setback for efforts to close the digital divide.
Houston needs skilled workers. They might be at your local high school.
Houston is facing a growing demand for highly educated and skilled workers.
Closing local achievement gaps begins with closing spending gaps in Houston, Harris County
Academic achievement gaps cost the U.S. economy trillions of dollars each year, according to estimates by McKinsey and Co. Yet we have not made significant progress toward closing these gaps since we began measuring them in 1969 through the National Assessment of Educational Progress, despite significant developments in teaching and learning.
Houston has the jobs, but employers must be willing to take a chance
There should be plenty of jobs available in the Greater Houston region this year, but is the area producing enough work-ready people to fill them?
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