• Out of the Classroom and Less Likely to Graduate: The Relationship Between Exclusionary Discipline and Four-Year Graduation Rates in Texas 

  Lenderman, Kristian; Hawkins, Jacqueline (Texas Education Review, 2020)

  Exclusionary discipline has been a topic of focus for Texas lawmakers in recent legislative sessions. While studies show the negative impact of exclusionary discipline on students, few explore how children who enter ...
• Establishing Equity: Aligning Dual Language Bilingual Education to HB3 Sec. 11.185 Texas Early Childhood Literacy & Mathematics Proficiency Plans 

  Núñez-Porras, Patricia; Hernández, Julia (Texas Education Review, 2020)

  This policy brief provides recommendations that address dual language bilingual education and House Bill 3 (HB3) Texas Early Childhood Literacy & Mathematics Proficiency Plans requirement. How can the HB3 Texas Early ...
• The Testing Industrial Complex: Texas and Beyond 

  Del Carmen Unda, María; Lizárraga-Dueñas, Lizeth (Texas Education Review, 2020)

  The Testing Industrial Complex (TIC) is a system (and at the same time a cycle) in which high-stakes standardized testing fuels neoliberal education reforms and vice versa. These “reforms” and cycles have monetized for ...
• Shooting for the STAAR: An Authentic Assessment Pilot Proposal to Replace Inequitable High-Stakes Accountability 

  Madrigal III, Alejandro (Trae); Epstein, Eliza (Texas Education Review, 2020)

  This brief is organized into four (4) main sections. We first discuss the inadequacy, inefficacy, and bias of standardized, high-stakes assessments. These assessments do not deliver on promises made by proponents and that ...
• Opportunities for pre-project planning improvement within NAVFAC 

  Robbins, Thomas Fitzgerald (2004-08-16)

  This thesis analyzes the pre-project planning practices and effectiveness for a variety of construction projects completed by Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC). Data were collected from the CII database and ...

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