Completed Texas ERC Projects ERCProj #THECB #Texas ERC Project Name (Click Project Name to see available policy brief)Project Abbreviated NameInstitution/ OrganizationApproval Date 1022UTAWorkforce Data Quality Initiative Brief 1 | Brief 2 | Brief 3 | Brief 4WDQIUT Austin12.9.2013 2024UTAResearch and Evaluation in Support of the Central Texas Region's Blueprint for Educational ChangeE3E312.9.2013 3025UTAThe Effects of Teacher Pay Policies on Teacher QualityTeacher PayU of Tulsa & U of Maryland12.9.2013 4026UTARGV-LEADRGV-LEADUT ERC12.9.2013 5023UTAThe Effect of the Policy of School Reconstitution on Student Achievement in TexasDissertation - CumptonUT Austin12.9.2013 6027UTAState-specific Design Parameters for Designing Better Evaluation Studies State ParametersUniv of California1.27.2014 7028UTAInvestigating the Effectiveness of Inclusive STEM High SchoolsiSTEMSRI International1.27.2014 8029UTATexas Hispanic STEM Key Indicator Pathway StudyHispanicSTEMSEDL/AIR1.27.2014 9030UTAUnderstanding and Improving Institutional Arrangements that Effect the Parent School Relationship... United WayUT Austin1.27.2014 10---The Effects of Need & Merit Grant Aid on Graduation Rates: Regression DiscontinuityGrant AidUTSA1.27.2014 11032UTAStudent Outcomes for Graduates of UTeachUTeachUT Austin - CNS1.27.14 12031UTAAnalysis of the Move Toward Integrated Reading and Writing Coursework in Texas Community CollegesIntCrsWrkTexas State Univ1.27.2014 13033UTATexas Reverse Transfer InitiativeReverse TransferUT Austin1.27.2014 14Teacher Quality Study in TexasTeacher QualityUT AustinN/A Directive 15SB2 CharterSB2SB2N/A Directive 16037UTADual-Credit Courses' Impact on High School Students College SuccessOnRampsUT Austin - Center for Teaching & Learning5.21.14 17038UTAAcademic Achievement Outcomes of Latino English-Language-Learners in TexasDissertation - RenUT Austin5.21.2014 18039UTAThe Supply, Demand and Effects of High School Counselors in TexasCounselor StudyUT Austin5.21.2014 19036UTAEvaluate the Impact of 21st Century Community Learning Centers21st CenturyEdvance Research5.21.2014 20035UTAThe Long-Run Impact of Texas Charter Schools on Non-Test Score Outcomes Charter Schools and Labor Market OutcomesCharter SchoolsPrinceton & Harvard5.21.14 21034UTABroadening Pathways to College Access and BeyondBPCABUT Austin - Economics5.21.14 22The Path to Timely Completion: Supply- and Demand-Side Analyses of Time to Bachelor’s DegreeDissertation - CullinaneUT AustinN/A Directive 23AVID -Work-Study Mentorship project THECB approved AVIDUT Austin/UNTN/A Directive 24043UTAEvaluating Teacher Preparation Programs in TexasTeacher PrepTexas State Univ9.24.2014 26044UTAUT: School-to-Work Transitions and Labor Market Assessment of Texas Populations from Colonias and Model SubdivisionsSchool to WorkUT Austin - Economics9.24.2014 27042UTASchool Closure as Forced Mobility: Assessing the Effects of School Closure and Reassignment on the Educational Trajectories of Displaced Students School ClosureSMU & UT Austin9.24.2014 28041UTAFinancing Hope: The Impact of State and Institutional Financial Aid on Undocumented Student Persistence and Success in TexasDissertation - RodriguezUT Austin9.24.2014 31047UTAA Missing Piece of the School Improvement Puzzle? Understanding the Relationship Between Organizational Instability and Organizational Social CapitalTeacher TurnoverUT Austin - Educ Admin1.20.2015 32050UTAUnderstanding College-Going: What, Where, and Why? Brief 1 | Brief 2WWWUT Austin - Economics3.26.15 34HB5 AIR/SEDL Brief 1 | Brief 2HB5AIRSEDL/AIRN/A Directive 35053UTASchool spending and Student Outcomes: Evidence from Robin Hood and Tax AbatementsRobin HoodUT Austin - Economics6.9.2015 36054UTAPostsecondary and Labor Market Outcomes for Migrant Students in the Texas Migrant EducationDissertation - MalinowskaUT Austin - ELP6.9.15 37055UTAFrom Dreamer to DACAmented: Understanding the Educational Choices of Undocumented Immigrants in TexasDreamUC Berkeley6.9.2015 38056UTAEvaluating the Texas Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Science & Math TeachingTRCTexas State & UT Austin6.9.15 39057UTAAccelerating Success - A Multi-College Investigation of the New Mathways ProjectMathwaysUT Austin - Dana Center9.15.15 40058UTAReturns to Two-Year Degrees and Certificates in TexasDissertation - HamrockUT Austin9.15.2015 41059UTAAffirmative Action and Student EffortAffActionHarvard Univ & U of Toronto12.15.15 42060UTAResearch & Evaluation in Support of The Blueprint for Educational Change: The Central Texas Region's Strategic Plan for EducationE3AE3 Alliance12.15.15 43061UTACollege Costs and Educational Choices of Undocumented Immigrants in TexasUndImmUT Austin - Economics12.15.2015 44062UTAWhere Do I Stand? The Importance of prior class ranking on life outcomes.RankUT Austin - Economics12.15.15 45063UTATexas Hispanic STEM: Advanced Course Supply and EnrollmentACSESEDL/AIR12.15.2015 46---UT-HB 18: School Counselor Project - OnCourseHB18UT Austin - Legislative Directive HB-18N/A Directive 47064UTACorrelational Study of Teachers Assigned to Teach English Learner Students in HISDREL-SWAIR (American Institute for Research)3.9.2016 48065UTAAccess to Instructional Resources in the State of Texas: New Insights to an Old ProblemInstructionUTEP3.9.16 50---Exploratory Study of the UTeach STEM Preparation Program and the Effectiveness of UTeach Teachers -TEA requestUTeachSTEMAIR (American Institute for Research)8.13.15 52068UTATeach for America: Study of Teacher Retention and Mobility in Texas TFASEDL/AIR6.7.2016 53069UTABexar County Pathways Analysis: A longitudinal study linking education to workforce outcomesBexar PathwaysUT Austin - LBJ School6.7.16 54067UTATrends in the identification and provision of services to gifted and talented English learner students in TexasELLAIR (American Institute for Research)6.7.2016 56072UTADescriptive Study of Teacher Supply, Demand, and Mobility in TexasTeacher SupplyAIR (American Institute for Research)9.13.2016 57073UTACollection and Analysis of Statewide Data Related to Postsecondary Transition, Mathematics Performance, Student Transfer Outcomes, Rural Student Academic Performance, and Workforce PlacementGTFGreater Texas Gibson/AIR9.13.2016 58074UTAThe Community College STEM Pathway: A Study of Women in Engineering and Computer ScienceWECSSociety of Women Engineers9.13.2016 60077UTAEvaluation of Texas Regional STEM Degree accelerator Implementation 2015-2018 For Educate TexasSTEM DAIGibson/AIR12.8.16 62079UTAUnderstanding College Student Responses to Economic ShocksShocksUC Irvine12.8.16 63080UTAThe Effects of Texas Fitness Now on Student Health and AchievementFitnessTexas A&M12.8.16 64---Identifying Antecedents of College Enrollment and CompletionMinorUT Austin - Legislative Directive HB-18N/A Directive 65---The Effects of Dual-Credit On Postsecondary Student OutcomesVillarrealUTSAN/A Directive 66---When Average is Not Enough: Examining the Variation in the Influences on Undergraduate DebtBakerUT Austin - Legislative Directive HB-18N/A Directive 67---High School Course Completion Patterns and Pathways in Texas: Linkages to College Attendance, Graduation, and Employment in STEM FieldsChanUT Austin - Legislative Directive HB-18N/A Directive 68---Mathematics Course TrajectoriesHanselmanUT Austin - Legislative Directive HB-18N/A Directive 69---The Transition to High School: Implications for Educational Success in High School and CollegeBennerUT Austin - Legislative Directive HB-18N/A Directive 70---Whether, For Whom, and Under What Conditions Inclusive STEM High Schools Influence Student Outcomes?SawUT Austin - Legislative Directive HB-18N/A Directive 71---The Influence of Student and School Characteristics on Advanced Mathematics Course Completion, College Entry, Degree Attainment, and Entry into STEM FieldsEntry STEMUT Austin - Legislative Directive HB-18N/A Directive 72---Pathways to Academic and Career Success: Understanding Texas High School Students Choice of EndorsementsEndorse 1UT Austin - Legislative Directive HB-18N/A Directive 74---TEA Physical Fitness Assessment Data Analysis Project: A Study on the Individual Physical Fitness Results collected from FitnessGram 10TEA FitnessGramGibsonN/A Directive 75--- target="_blank">Year 3 evaluations of Texas House Bill 5 (HB 5)legislation that changed the Texas high school graduation requirementsHB5 EvaluationAIR/TEAN/A Directive 76081UTAAnalysis of the Impact of School Closure Policies in TexasClosure ImpactAIR3.9.17 77082UTAImpact Study of Public Pre-Kindergarten on Primary, Secondary, and Postsecondary Student OutcomesPublicPreKUT Austin - LBJ Ray Marshall Center3.9.17 79084UTAEarly Leading Indicators of Student SuccessELISSUT Austin4.11.17 80085UTAA Study of All-Girls Secondary Schools Supported by the Young Women's Preparatory Network in Eight Texas School DistrictsYWPNUT Austin6.15.17 81086UTAEvaluating the Transition to College Mathematics Course in Texas High SchoolsTCMCUT Austin6.15.17 83088UTAThe Ecological Context of Work Support Interventions in Early Childhood: Implications for Human Capital Development Over Two GenerationsEco Work SupportUT (student)9.21.17 84089UTAInvestigation of STEM Course-Taking Patterns and College Readiness as a result of HB5 of 2013STEMHB5UT Austin (Uteach/CNS)9.21.17 86093UTAEducational Profile of Central TexasProfileE3 Alliance12.14.17 87094UTAExamining the Educational and Employment Outcomes of Reverse Credit TransferReverse Transfer IIUT Austin12.14.17 90097UTAEvaluating Hypotheses to Maximize Success for Special Populations of Early LearnersSPELE3 Alliance3.8.18 91098UTAProposaal to Investigate the Influences on Educator Effectiveness in Teacher and School Leader Incentive Fund (TSL) CampusesTSL-TXCEEUT & TXCEE3.8.18 93---Statewide Evaluation of Career and Technology Education Programs in TXTEA-CTESRI International & Gibson 4.27.18 94101UTADevelopmental Education: Catch the Next College Access Ascender ProgramCatch the Next (CTN)UT Austin6.7.18 95102UTAFlows into the STEM PipelineSTEM PipelineUT Austin6.7.18 96104UTAOnRamps to Success? Examining the Impact of OnRamps Participation and Performance on Longitudinal Postsecondary OutcomesOnRamps IIUT Austin6.7.18 98106UTARetention and Mobility Patterns for Teachers of Color in Texas: Examining How Patterns Vary by Teacher and Campus CharacteristicsTRMUT Austin9.6.18 100108UTAExamining the Predictors of Children’s School Suspension and Expulsion SuspensionUT Austin & Brown Univ9.6.18 101109UTAEntry and Progress of Students with Disabilities in Texas CollegesDisabilitiesGibson & AIR9.6.18 102110UTAImpact of Tech Teach Graduates on Student AchievementTech TeachTexas Tech12.5.18 102110UTAImpact of Tech Teach Graduates on Student AchievementTech TeachTexas Tech12.5.18 109118UTAUnderstanding the Efficacy of Policies to Improve College AccessTop10AccessUT Austin3.7.19 113121UTAClimbing the Job Ladder with Student Debt LadderUT (Economics student) Dissertation6.6.19 114122UTADisability, Instructional Setting and Students’ OutcomesSettingUT (Economics student) Dissertation6.6.19 116124UTAState-Supported Financial Aid Impact on Baccalaureate Degree Completion in TexasImpactUT ELP DISSERTATION6.6.19 117126UTAImpact Study of Adult Career and Technical Education on Postsecondary Education and Career OutcomesACTEUTSA9.5.19 121130UTASchool Performance and Student Enrollment Changes Among Texas Schools Targeted for Strategic ActionsSPASEAIR9.5.19 122131UTATeacher Retention, Mobility and Attrition in TexasRetentionUT Austin ELP/COE9.5.19 123132UTAStudent Outcomes in Texas Related to Teacher Preparation Policy OutcomesUT Austin ELP/COE9.5.19 126135UTARetrospective QED Impact Studies of International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE) and Math Solutions Professional DevelopmentICLESRI International12.5.19 128137UTABeyond City Limits: Does Attending a Rural Public High School in TX Predict College Matriculation, Institutional Choice, and Graduation Outcomes?RuralUT ELP DISSERTATION12.5.19 129138UTAThe Short and Long Run Impacts of Same-Race Teachers: The Case of Latinx Students in TXLatinxrban Institute & UNC Chapel Hill12.5.19 134144UTAShort- and Long-Term Effects of Disability Payments: Evidence from the Supplemental Security Income ChildrenSSIUT (Economics student) Dissertation6.4.20 135145UTASuspension, Expulsion, and Alternatives to Removal in Texas School DisciplineRemovalUT (Economics student) Dissertation6.4.20 137---Study on Alternative Career Readiness Measures for Small and Rural DistrictsAltCareerAIR/Gibson7.15.20 141148UTAIndustry-based Certifications and Students’ Postsecondary Education and Employment OutcomesCertificationsUT Austin12.10.20 149157UTAReforming Assessment into Developmental Education and Building the Research BaseCAPRMDRC & CAPR6.10.21 151159UTAEarly Progress and Outputs of a Grow Your Own Teachers Program for High School Students and Paraprofessionals in Texas GYOTAIR & Empirical Education6.10.21 152160UTANon-Achievement-Based Indicators of School Performance in Texas NABIUSC AIR/Gibson6.10.21 153161UTAEnglish Language Proficiency in Texas before and during the COVID-19 PandemicCovidELPAIR/Gibson6.10.21 154162UTAThe Short-term and Long-term Impact of Higher Education FacultyIHEFHarvard6.10.21 157165UTACourse Withdrawal and Student SuccessWithdrawalUT Austin ELP/COE (Student dissertation)6.10.21 169169UTAEvaluation of the Texas Center for Educator Excellence’s Teacher and School Leader Incentive ProgramTSLIPAIR9.16.21 173173UTAAssessing Effects of the STAAR MASTER Products Using Quasi-Experimental Methods STAARAIR12.14.21 195195UTAEarly Success After High SchoolEarlyUTSA6.9.22 196196UTASub-Associate Workforce Education: Advancing Economic Mobility or Effectively Maintaining Inequality?WorkforceUT ELP6.9.22 Download Completed Texas ERC Project List (PDF)
