Browsing by Author "Lewis, Bethany"

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    STEM Endorsement and the Pathway to College
    (Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2024) Holzman, Brian; Lewis, Bethany; Ma, Hao
    This series of briefs looks at a variety of factors for students in choosing and completing the STEM endorsement in Houston ISD, including access, race, gender and academic achievement. The briefs also examine whether endorsement completion predicts college enrollment.
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    The Role of College Prep Course Offerings and Course-Taking in Long-Term Educational Outcomes. Research Brief for the Houston Independent School District. Volume 8, Issue 2.
    (Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2019) Holzman, Brian; Stroub, Kori; Kennedy, Camila Cigarroa; Lewis, Bethany
    In this brief, we describe the distribution of college prep course offerings across Texas and determine which school characteristics are associated with higher and lower numbers of course offerings. We also examine how college prep course offerings are related to student-level college prep course-taking and, in turn, how course-tak- ing behaviors are related to long-term educational out- comes. This investigation of the distribution of college prep course offerings across Texas high schools reveals that more college prep courses are offered at larger, urban and suburban schools with higher levels of academic achievement and lower levels of economic disadvantage. Offering more college prep courses is associated with higher levels of course-taking, which, in turn, is associat- ed with improved chances of completing a postsecondary credential, particularly for lower-achieving students.