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Houston Independent School District, 2020
Many of the district's students are recent immigrants who have been in the United States for three years or less. "Immigrant" children or youth, as defined under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), and later the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA), are "individuals who are aged 3 through 21; were not born in any…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Elementary Secondary Education, English Language Learners, Enrollment Trends
Houston Independent School District, 2019
There are approximately 200,000 students in Houston Independent School District (HISD), and many of them are recent immigrants who have been in the United States for three years or less. "Immigrant" children or youth, as defined under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), and later the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA),…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Elementary Secondary Education, English Language Learners, Enrollment Trends
Looby, Karen – Online Submission, 2016
This report describes academic benefits often experienced by AISD student athletes in middle and high schools.
Descriptors: School Districts, Athletics, Student Participation, Middle School Students
Modarresi, Shahpar; Wolanin, Natalie; Cooper-Martin, Elizabeth – Montgomery County Public Schools, 2016
The Achieving Collegiate Excellence and Success (ACES) program is a collaboration between MCPS, Montgomery College, and the Universities at Shady Grove to create a seamless pathway from high school to college completion; it targets students who are underrepresented in higher education, the first in their family to attend college, or both. As one…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Experimental Groups
Gifford, Beth; Evans, Kelly; Berlin, Lisa; Bai, Yu – Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University (NJ1), 2011
Approximately one quarter of U.S. students do not graduate from high school with their peers. Failing to complete high school severely limits opportunities for employment and future financial stability. High school dropouts earn lower wages through their lifetime and work for fewer years. The costs to society of high school dropouts are also high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Dropouts, Enrollment
Tung, Rosann; Ouimette, Monique – Center for Collaborative Education, 2007
New research from the Center for Collaborative Education finds that students in Boston's Pilot high schools outperform students from other non-exam Boston Public Schools on every standard measure of engagement and performance. This level of achievement holds for every racial, economic, and academic subgroup examined. Pilot high school students…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, High School Students, Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators
Arizona Department of Education, 2005
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 established a requirement that all states develop and submit to the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) a performance plan designed to advance the state from its current level of compliance with the statutory and regulatory requirements of the law…
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning, Graduation Rate