The Texas Rural Technology (R-TECH) Pilot Program [electronic resource] : Interim Evaluation Report. Executive Summary / Catherine Maloney, Daniel Sheehan and Allyson Whipple.

Recognizing the challenges rural districts face in providing broad curricular offerings and supplemental educational services to students, in 2007, the 80th Texas Legislature authorized the creation of a pilot program designed to provide technology-based supplemental educational services to rural sc...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Authors: Maloney, Catherine, Sheehan, Daniel (Author), Whipple, Allyson (Author)
Corporate Author: Texas Center for Educational Research
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2008.
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500 |a Availability: Texas Center for Educational Research. P.O. Box 679002, Austin, TX 78767. Tel: 800-580-8237; Tel: 512-467-3632; Fax: 512-467-3658; e-mail: tcer@tcer.org; Web site: http://www.tcer.org.  |5 ericd. 
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500 |a Educational level discussed: Elementary Education. 
500 |a Educational level discussed: Elementary Secondary Education. 
500 |a Educational level discussed: High Schools. 
500 |a Educational level discussed: Middle Schools. 
500 |a Educational level discussed: Secondary Education. 
516 |a Text (Reports, Research) 
520 |a Recognizing the challenges rural districts face in providing broad curricular offerings and supplemental educational services to students, in 2007, the 80th Texas Legislature authorized the creation of a pilot program designed to provide technology-based supplemental educational services to rural school districts that show an overall academic need as demonstrated by their 2007 state accountability ratings. The Rural Technology (R-Tech) Pilot Program provides nearly $8 million in funding for technology-based supplemental education programs, including online courses, to students in Grades 6 through 12 in high-need, rural districts. In establishing R-Tech, Legislators called for the pilot program to be evaluated to assess its effectiveness, requiring an interim report in December 2008 and a final evaluation report in December 2010. The following results are drawn from the evaluation's first interim report (Texas Center for Educational Research [TCER], December 2008). The interim report describes the characteristics of R-Tech districts and campuses, the students they enroll, and the teachers they employ. It presents baseline data on students' academic outcomes and describes how districts plan to implement the R-Tech program in their schools. Report sections provide baseline information and are descriptive in nature. They provide important information about the context for and implementation of the R-Tech pilot program, but they do not comprise an assessment of the pilot's effectiveness. A comprehensive evaluation report, due in December 2010, will evaluate the pilot program's effectiveness, including its effect on students' academic achievement and college readiness outcomes, as well as its cost effectiveness. [For the full report, "The Texas Rural Technology (R-TECH) Pilot Program: Interim Evaluation Report," see ED536698.] 
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650 0 7 |a Computer Uses in Education.  |2 ericd. 
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650 0 7 |a Supplementary Education.  |2 ericd. 
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650 0 7 |a Graduation Rate.  |2 ericd. 
650 0 7 |a College Entrance Examinations.  |2 ericd. 
650 0 7 |a College Readiness.  |2 ericd. 
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