Program Evaluation: Other Initiatives
Other programs with required evaluations are listed below. The evaluation reports and executive summaries are available in PDF format from the links below.
Year-Round Schools
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is required to publish a list of campuses operating on a year-round system under Texas Education Code §25.084 (84th Texas Legislature, General Appropriations Act (GAA), Article III, Rider 69, 85th Texas Legislature, GAA, Article III, Rider 58, and 86th Texas Legislature, GAA, Article III, Rider 59).
The lists are available from the link below:
- List of Districts and Campuses on Year-Round Education Calendars, 2015-16 School Year (TEA, January 2016)
- List of Districts and Campuses on Year-Round Education Calendars, 2016-17 School Year (TEA, January 2017)
- List of Texas Public School Campuses on Year-Round Education Calendars, 2016-17 (TEA, December 2017)
- List of Texas Public School Campuses on Year-Round Education Calendars, 2017-18 (TEA, January 2019)
- List of Texas Public School Campuses on Year-Round Education Calendars, 2018-19 (TEA, December 2019)
- List of Texas Public School Campuses on Year-Round Education Calendars, 2019-20 (TEA, December 2020)
- List of Texas Public School Campuses on Year-Round Education Calendars, 2020-21 (TEA, December 2021)
- List of Texas Public School Campuses on Year-Round Education Calendars, 2021-22 (TEA, December 2022)
- List of Texas Public School Campuses on Year-Round Education Calendars, 2022-23 (TEA, December 2023)
Additionally, Rider 69 (84th Texas Legislature, GAA, Article III) required TEA to evaluate the performance of students attending schools that operate on a Year-Round education calendar in comparison to students attending schools that operate on a traditional school-year calendar.
The report is available from the link below:
Texas Fitness Now
The Texas Fitness Now (TFN) program provided grants to support in-school physical education and fitness programs for students in Grades 6, 7, and 8. The primary purpose of the grant was to help reduce childhood obesity and Type II diabetes.
The evaluation report and executive summary are available from the links below:
- Evaluation of the Texas Fitness Now Grant Program: 2007-08 to 2009-10 School Years (TEA, January 2011)
Executive Summary (12 pages)
Migrant Education Program
The Migrant Education Program (MEP) helps migrant students overcome the challenges of high levels of mobility, cultural and language barriers, social isolation, and other difficulties, to succeed in school and to successfully transition to postsecondary education or employment.
The evaluation reports and executive summaries are available from the links below:
- Texas Migrant Education Program Evaluation: Final Report (MGT of America, Inc., May 2011)
Executive Summary (20 pages)
- Texas Migrant Education Program Evaluation: Interim Report (MGT of America, Inc., August 2009)
Executive Summary (16 pages)
Contact: ProgramEval@tea.texas.gov