
Kinder Houston Area Survey: 2025 Results
This year’s Kinder Houston Area Survey reflects on the region’s continued growth, highlighting residents’ perspectives on what makes the area attractive as well as the challenges that stand to undermine its prosperity.

This research study examines the current levels of both perceived and actual disaster preparedness among Houston and Harris County residents, as well as contextual and sociocognitive predictors of each.
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The Shifting City: Houston's Unequal History of Racial Change
This report provides a comprehensive look at the evolution of the Houston area’s racial/ethnic composition on a small geographic scale.

This report looks at the effect of specialized teacher training in math for students' academic performance.

Houston in Flux: Understanding a Decade of Bayou City Development
This report quantifies, visualizes and analyzes new construction and demolition in Harris County between 2005 and 2015.

Kinder Houston Area Survey: 2016 Results
35th annual Kinder Houston Area Survey

Mayoral Elections in Kentucky: 2010-2014
This report looks at local elections in Kentucky, including how often mayoral races go unopposed or feature an incumbent.

Mayoral Elections in California: 1995-2014
This report examines local elections in California, including the impact of off-cycle elections on turnout.

This report looks at the impact of 27 school closures in the Houston Independent School District between 2003 and 2010.

The Effect of Rigorous Teacher Evaluations on Workforce Quality (Parts 1 and 2)
The two studies also looks at the impact of the initaitive on student achievement.

Variation Across Schools in Disability Classifications Process, 2006-07 to 2011-12
This report examines the classification process for special education in the Houston Independent School District.

This report looks at the effectiveness of interventions meant to combat negative stereotype threat in schools where students of color are the majority.

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