Policy Briefs

ERC Proj #	THECB #	ERC Project Policy Brief/Article Title & Author(s) (Click title to see policy brief)	Project Abbreviated Name	Date of Brief
1a	022UTA	The Effects of Institutional Inputs on Time to Degree for Traditional and Non-traditional College Students by Jenna Cullinane & Jane Lincove	WDQI	5.1.2014
1b	022UTA	Work-study Financial Aid and Student Outcomes: Evidence from Community Colleges in Texas by Chester Polson & Emily Weisburst	WDQI	5.1.2014
1c	022UTA	The Impact of Exit Exams on Long-Term Student Outcomes in Texas by Chester Polson	WDQI	May 2014
1d	022UTA	Postsecondary Education And Employment Outcomes For 2008 And 2009 Central Texas High School Graduates	WDQI	May 2014
2	024UTA	Measuring Kindergarten Readiness In Central Texas by Laura Koenig	E3	June 2015
3	025UTA	Does it Pay to Pay Teachers More? Evidence from Texas by Matthew D. Hendricks	Teacher Pay	November 2013
4	026UTA	Rio Grande Valley Linking Academic and Economic Development by Celeste Alexander, Pedro Reyes & Jessica A. Brown	RGV Lead (1)	June 2015
5	023UTA	The Effect of the Policy of School Reconstitution on Student Achievement in Texas by Gregory Cumpton	Dissertation - Cumpton	December 2015
7	028UTA	Investigating the Effectiveness of Inclusive STEM High Schools by Barbara Means, Viki Young, Xin Wei, Haiwen Wang, & Emi Iwatani	iSTEM	December 2019
8	029UTA	Associations between predictive indicators and postsecondary science, technology, engineering, and math success among Hispanic students in TX by Trisha Borman, Jonathan Margolin, Marshall Garland, Amie Rapaport, So Jun Park, Christina LiCalsi	HispanicSTEM	November 2017
9	030UTA	Understanding and Improving Institutional Arrangements that Effect the Parent School Relationship...	United Way	1.27.2014
10	---	The Effects of Need & Merit Grant Aid on Graduation Rates: Regression Discontinuity by Michael U. Villarreal	Grant Aid	May 2018
11	032UTA	Student Outcomes for Graduates of UTeach by Michael Marder, Bernard David, Caitlin Hamrock	UTeach	January 2020
12	031UTA	Analysis of the Move Toward Integrated Reading and Writing Coursework in Texas Community Colleges by Eric J. Paulson, PhD, James P. Van Overschelde, PhD, & Afi Y. Wiggins, PhD	IntCrsWrk	1.27.2014
13	033UTA	The Texas Reverse Transfer Initiative: Summary by Celeste Alexander, Pedro Reyes & Cheryl Wilkinson	Reverse Transfer	June 2015
14	---	Teacher Quality Study in Texas by Pedro Reyes, Ph.D. and Celeste Alexander, Ph.D.	Teacher Quality	N/A Directive
15	---	A Summary of the Charter Authorizer Accountability Report 2013-13 by Celeste Alexander & Pedro Reyes	SB2	June 2015
16	037UTA	Dual-Credit Courses' Impact on High School Students College Success by Matt S. Giani, PhD, Julie Schell, EdD, Emily Wade, MEd, and Harrison Keller, PhD	OnRamps	5.21.14
17	038UTA	Academic Achievement Outcomes of Latino English-Language Learners in Texas: A Longitudinal Analysis by Han Ren, Stephanie Cawthon & Amy Wiseman	Dissertation - Ren	April 2016
18	039UTA	The Supply, Demand and Effects of High School Counselors in Texas by Greg Cumpton and Matt Giani	Counselor Study	Dec 2014
19	036UTA	Evaluate the Impact of 21st Century Community Learning Centers by Eishi Adachi, Eric Rolfhus, Don Barfield	21st Century	5.21.2014
20	035UTA	Charter Schools and Human Capital Outcomes by Will Dobbie & Roland G. Fryer, Jr	Charter Schools	June 2017
20	035UTA	Charter Schools and Labor Market Outcomes by Will Dobbie and Roland G. Fryer, Jr.	Charter Schools	June 2019
21	034UTA	Patrolling Public Schools: The Impact of Funding for School Police on Student Discipline and Long-Term Education Outcomes (A Sub-project of “Building Pathways to College Access and Beyond”) By Emily K. Weisburst, Ph.D., UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs	BPCAB	Nov 2018
22	---	The Path to Timely Completion: Supply- and Demand-Side Analyses of Time to Bachelor’s Degree Completion by Jennifer Page Cullinan	Cullinane – Dissertation	5.1.2014
23	---	Relationship of Peer Leadership Employment to Academic Outcomes in Texas Institutions of Higher Education by Michelle Buggs	AVID	12.1.2014
24	043UTA	Planting Seeds in Fertile Soil: Assessing Teacher Employment Environments in Texas by Jim Van Overschelde and Afi Wiggins	Teacher Prep	9.24.2014
26	044UTA	UT: School-to-Work Transitions and Labor Market Assessment of Texas Populations from Colonias and Model Subdivisions by Carlos Olmedo, PhD Candidate and Peter M. Ward, PhD	School to Work	9.24.2014
27	042UTA	Evaluating The Impact of School Closures in Houston ISD Part 1: The Effect of School Closures On Patterns of Student Attendance and Achievement by Kori Stroub & Meredith Richards	School Closure	3.1.2016
31	047UTA	Rethinking Teacher Turnover: Longitudinal Measures of Instability in Schools by Jennifer Holme, Huriya Jabbar, Emily Germain & John Dinning	Teacher Turnover	June 2017
32a	050UTA	Consequences of Community College Tuition Reductions by Jeff Denning	WWW	10.1.2017
32b	050UTA	Racial and Ethnic Differences in College Application Behavior by Sandra E. Black, Kalena E. Cortes, and Jane Arnold Lincove	WWW	July 2019
34	---	House Bill 5 Evaluation: Final ReportHighlights and Executive Summary by Lynn Mellor, PhD, Ginger Stoker, PhD, Helen Muhisani, MS	HB5AIR	December 2017
34	---	House Bill 5 Evaluation: Final Report by Lynn Mellor, PhD, Ginger Stoker, PhD, Helen Muhisani, MS	HB5AIR	December 2017
35	053UTA	School Spending & Student Outcomes: Evidence from Robin Hood & Tax Abatements by Richard Murphy, Luke Rodgers & Collin Hansen	Robin Hood	November 2017
36	054UTA	Postsecondary and Labor Market Outcomes for Migrant Students in the Texas Migrant Education by Aleksandra Malinowska	Dissertation - Malinowska	6.9.15
37	055UTA	From Dreamer to DACAmented: Understanding the Educational Choices of Undocumented Immigrants in Texas	Dream	Dec 2017
38	056UTA	Evaluating the Texas Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Science & Math Teaching by Jayce R. Warner, Carol L. Fletcher, & Lisa S. Garbrecht	TRC	12.19.2019
39	057UTA	Accelerating Success: A Multi-College Investigation of the Dana Center Mathways Project	Mathways	February 2021
40	058UTA	Returns to Two-Year Degrees and Certificates in Texas by Caitlin Hamrock, Ph.D.	Dissertation - Hamrock	August 2016
41	059UTA	The Effects of Race-Based Affirmative Action in Texas by Mitra Akhtari, Natalie Bau, and Jean-William Laliberté	AffAction	Nov 2018
42	060UTA	Kindergarten Readiness Drops Across The Region	E3A	June 2016
43	061UTA	College Costs and Educational Choices of Undocumented Immigrants in Texas by Randeep Kaur	UndImm	November2017
45	063UTA	Advanced Course Offerings and Completion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math in Texas Public High Schools by Marshall Garland & Amie Rapaport	ACSE	10.1.2017
47	064UTA	Teacher Certification and Academic Growth for English Learner Students in Houston ISD by Veronica Ruiz de Castilla by Verónica Ruiz de Castilla	REL-SW	3.9.2016
48	065UTA	Access to Instructional Resources in the State of Texas: New Insights to an Old Problem by David S. Knight, Mark W. Olofson, &Shenshen Yang	Instruction	3.9.16
49	066UTA	College-and-Career-Focused Students and Endorsement Academies of the Rio Grande Valley by Celeste Alexander, PhD andPedro Reyes, PhD	RGV LEAD	Feb 2019
50	---	Exploratory Study of the UTeach STEM Preparation Program and the Effectiveness of UTeach Teachers -TEA request by Whitney Cade, Feng Liu, Michael Vaden-Kiernan, Melissa Dodson	UTeachSTEM	May 2019
52	068UTA	Teach for America: Study of Teacher Retention and Mobility in Texas by Ginger Stoker, Ph.D.	TFA	6.7.2016
53	069UTA	School Mobility: A Growing and Inequitable Headwind to Educational Achievement	Bexar Pathways	November 2020
54	067UTA	Identification of Gifted and Talented English Learner Students in Grades K-5 In Texas: Lessons from Student-Level Data by Veronica Ruiz de Castilla	ELL	November2017
56	072UTA	Page \| 1Teacher Mobility in Texas: Trends in and Associations with Student, Teacher, And School Characteristics by Kate Sullivan, Elizabeth Barkowski, and Jim Lindsay	Teacher Supply	December 2017
57	073UTA	An Examination of Metrics of Educational and Workforce Success in Texas by Marshall Garland, Eric Booth, & Christine Pham	GFT	9.13.2016
58	074UTA	The Community College STEM Pathway: A Study of Women in Engineering and Computer Science by Roberta M. Rincon, PhD	WECS	9.13.2016
60	077UTA	Descriptive Analyses for the Texas Regional STEM Degree Accelerator Grant Program: 2015-16 to 2017-18 by Joseph Shields, Gibson Consulting Group, Kelly Reese and Dionisio García-Píriz, American Institutes for Research	STEM DAI	March 2020
62	079UTA	Understanding College Student Responses to Economic Shocks by Melinda Petre	Shocks	February 2020
63	UTA80	The Effects of Texas Fitness Now on Student Health and Achievement by Brittany Street	Fitness	12.8.2016
64	---	Getting Texans to and Through College and The Importance of House Bill 18 by Kelly Minor	Minor	8.1.2017
65	---	The Effects of Dual-Credit On Postsecondary Student Outcomes by Michael U. Villarreal	Villarreal	N/A Directive
66	---	Examining The Variation in The Student Debt-To-Income Ratio by Dominique Baker	Baker	N/A Directive
67	---	High School Course-Completion Patterns and Pathways in Texas: Linkages to College Attendance by Hsun-Yu Chan	Chan	N/A Directive
68	---	Mathematics Pathways in Texas by Paul Hanselman	Hanselman	N/A Directive
69	---	The Transition to High School: ImplicationsforEducational Success in High School	Benner	December 2017
70	---	The Impact of Inclusive STEM High Schools on Student Outcomes: Evidence from Texas STEM Academies by Guan Saw	Saw	N/A Directive
71	---	Demographic Factors Impacting College Admission, Stem Major Entry, And Graduation by Maria Carlson & Brittany Hott	Entry STEM	N/A Directive
72	---	Pathways to Academic and Career Success: Understanding Texas High School Students’ Choice of Endorsements by Maria Trache & Yi (Leaf) Zhang	Endorse 1	N/A Directive
74	---	TEA Physical Fitness Assessment Data Analysis Project: A Study on the Individual Physical Fitness Results collected from FitnessGram 10 by Eric Booth, Joseph Shields, Danial Hoepfner, Christine Pham	TEA FitnessGram	June 2019
75	---	House Bill 5 Evaluation: Final Report by Lynn Mellor, PhD, Ginger Stoker, PhD, Helen Muhisani, MS	HB5 Evaluation	December 2017
76	081UTA	Analysis of the Impact of School Closure Policies in Texas	Closure Impact	March 2018
80	085UTA	A Study of All-Girls Secondary Schools Supported by the Young Women's Preparatory Network in Eight Texas School Districts by James E. Pustejovsky	YWPN	August 2019
81	086UTA	Evaluating the Transition to College Mathematics Course in Texas High Schools	TCMC	November 2020
84	089UTA	Investigation of STEM Course-Taking Patterns and College Readiness as a result of HB5 of 2013 by Michael Marder	STEMHB5	October 2019
86	093UTA	Educational Profile of Central Texas by E3 Alliance	Profile	July 2020
87	094UTA	Examining the Educational and Employment Outcomes of Reverse Credit Transfer by Matt S. Giani, Jason L. Taylor, and Sheena Kauppila	Reverse Transfer II	September 2020
90	097UTA	Evaluating Hypotheses to Maximize Success for Special Populations of Early Learners by E3 Alliance	SPEL	July 2020
93	---	Statewide Evaluation of Career and Technical Education Programs by Lauren Cassidy, Marshall Garland, Deborah Jonas, & Louise Yarnall	TEA-CTE	May 2020
94	101UTA	Developmental Education: Catch the Next College Access Ascender Program by Pedro Reyes, Ph.D., Celeste Alexander, Ph.D., Wesley Edwards, Sarah Stephens, Ph.D., Kyle English	Catch the Next (CTN)	Septermber 2020
98	106UTA	Retention and Mobility Patterns for Teachers of Color in Texas: Examining How Patterns Vary by Teacher and Campus Characteristics by Wesley L. Edwards, Ph.D.	TRM	August 2020
100	108UTA	Examining the Predictors of Children’s School Suspension and Expulsion by Christina N. Caramanis, The University of Texas at Austin & Jayanti Owens, Brown University	Suspension	May 2020
102	110UTA	Impact of Tech Teach Graduates on Student Achievement by Marcelo Schmidt, Levi Johnson, Fazil Mohammed, & Doug Hamman	Tech Teach	January 2020
116	124UTA	State-Supported Financial Aid Impact on Baccalaureate Degree Completion in Texas	Impact	October 2020
118	127UTA	Algebra I Before High School as a Gatekeeper to Computer Science Participation by Ryan Torbey, Nicole D. Martin, Jayce R. Warner, & Carol L. Fletcher	EPIC	September 2020
118	127UTA	Page \| 1 The Effect of a Collective Impact Model of Teacher Professional Development on Increasing the Number of Certified Computer Science Teachers in Rural Areas by Jayce R. Warner, Carol L. Fletcher, Ryan Torbey, & Lisa S. Garbrecht	EPIC	September 2020