| Principal Investigator: | Greg Cumpton, PhD |
| Sponsors: | Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, TG, Texas Education Agency, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Surveys: | Central Texas Student Futures Project 2021 Surveys Hays CISD 2021 Surveys |
| Project Duration: | September 2004 – March 2024 |
| Participating Districts: | Austin ISD, Bastrop ISD, Del Valle ISD, Eanes ISD, Elgin ISD, Hays CISD, Hutto ISD, Lake Travis ISD, Leander ISD, Liberty Hill ISD, Lockhart ISD, Manor ISD, Pflugerville ISD, Round Rock ISD, San Marcos CISD |
| Description: | The Student Futures Project—formerly known as Creating a Central Texas High School Data Center—is a research partnership of the Ray Marshall Center, Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, Skillpoint Alliance, and a growing number of Central Texas independent school districts (ISDs). The project is documenting and analyzing the progress of Central Texas high school students as they move onto colleges and careers. It relies on a combination of student surveys and linked administrative records to improve feedback and policy and program alignment for Central Texas ISDs in preparing students for the demands of adulthood and for success in the workplace. The purpose of the Student Futures Project is two-fold: 1) To provide ISDs, postsecondary institutions, and employers with comprehensive, longitudinal research on what high school students are doing after graduation, why they are making these decisions, and how a variety of educational, personal, and financial factors are related to their success in higher education and the workforce; and 2) To offer workshops, seminars, and applied research on best practices and applied research that will assist ISDs, the Education Service Center, and postsecondary institutions to increase the number of regional youth who obtain postsecondary academic and workforce credentials.
Each year the Student Futures Project issues reports on area high school graduates to allow districts and schools to see exactly how their preparation has helped high school students move on to the next phase of their development either in college, training, or the workplace. The reports address the following questions, among others: • Who is and is not going to college and why? These reports will trace each graduating class as they move through work, postsecondary education and training, and other options for up to four years after graduation. The focus of these reports is to identify trends and practices that best enable students to capitalize on the opportunities they meet after graduation and to ensure that schools have a process for evaluating how they prepare their students for what lies beyond graduation. |
| Reports Available: | Findings from the 2014 Senior Surveys Authors: Carinne Deeds and Greg Cumpton Date: January 2015 Publication Type: Report, 88pp. Findings from the 2013 Senior Surveys Initial Postsecondary Enrollment Statistics through December 2011 for Class of 2011 Central Texas Graduates Trends in Low-Income Enrollment and Outcomes in Central Texas for School Districts and Campuses, 2008 through 2012 The Influence of Activities and Coursework on Postsecondary Enrollment and One-Year Persistence for the Class of 2010 FAFSA Filling Patterns and Direct to College Outcomes for Class of 2012 Central Texas Graduates Initial Postsecondary Enrollment Statistics through December 2012 Findings from the 2012 Senior Surveys Factors Associated with Education and Work after High School for the Classes of 2008 and 2009 Initial Postsecondary Enrollment Statistics for 2010 Central Texas Graduates through December 2010 Findings from the 2010 Senior Surveys Initial Postsecondary Enrollment Statistics through December 2009 for Class of 2009 Central Texas Graduates Findings from the 2009 Senior Surveys Central Texas Student Futures Project Conceptual Model Education and Work After High School: Central Texas Outcomes through December 2008 Education and Work after High School: Findings from Multi-Methods Research in Central Texas Findings from the 2008 Senior Surveys Education and Work after High School: A First Look at the Class of 2007 Student Futures Project 2007 Research Brief Findings from the 2007 Senior Surveys Community Briefing: Education and Work After High School: A First Look Outcomes One Year Later: An Update on the Class of 2006 Education and Work After High School: A First Look at the Class of 2006 Central Texas High School Graduate Data Center: Findings from the 2006 Senior Surveys Central Texas High School Graduate Data Center: Year One Report Brief Central Texas High School Graduate Data Center: Year One Final Report Beyond the Numbers: Improving Post-Secondary Success through a Central Texas High School Data Center Preliminary Year One Findings: January 2006 |
Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey
| Principal Investigators: | Daniel Schroeder, Ph.D. (Ray Marshall Center) Monica Faulkner Ph.D. LMSW, Jim Schwab, and D’nika Travis (Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing) |
| Sponsor: | Texas Workforce Commission |
| Research Partners: | Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing |
| Project Duration: | April 2003 – August 2022 |
| Description: | This project conducts a child care market rate survey to be used by 28 Local Workforce Development Boards that manage the federal child care program in Texas. The goal is to produce up-to-date, reliable data and information to use in setting maximum reimbursements rates that ensure equal access to child care, thereby maximizing public resources. |
| Reports Available: | The reports for this project are published through the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing at the University of Texas at Austin’s Steve Hicks School of Social Work. The following reports are available on their website.
2021 Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey For reports prior to 2012, copies may be obtained from Texas Workforce Commission. The following reports are available. 2011 Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey |
Designing Systemic Workforce Performance Measures
| Principal Investigator: | Christopher T. King, PhD |
| Sponsor: | The Workforce Leadership of Texas (now the Texas Association of Workforce Boards) |
| Project Duration: | June 2001 – December 2002 |
| Description: | The Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources is working with the Workforce Leadership of Texas, a membership group comprised of local workforce Board chairs and executive directors, to develop, implement, and test improved performance measures for the Texas workforce development system. This work builds upon previous work the Ray Marshall Center has done in this area, including developing initial performance standards for national CETA programs in the late 1970s and early 1980s; implementing state and local performance standards for JTPA and other programs in the 1980s; examining and recommending cross-cutting performance measures for workforce programs nationally in the 1980s; and devising more systemic state workforce measures in the 1990s, including early work on return-on-investment and employer performance measures. The ongoing work is being conducted in two stages. During Phase I, researchers reviewed current workforce performance measures and proposed a series of new system outcome measures for implementation in workforce boards around the state. In Phase II of the project, researchers developed a Return-on-Investment model and ROI estimates for local workforce development boards. |
Patterns and Effectiveness of Vocational/Technical Education Participation in Texas
| Principal Investigator: | Christopher T. King, PhD |
| Sponsors: | MPR Associates (now RTI International), National Assessment of Vocational Education |
| Project Duration: | April 2000 – December 2002 |
| Description: | Christopher King and Lee Holcombe will study the patterns and effectiveness of vocational/technical education participation in Texas in the 1990’s at both the secondary and postsecondary levels as mandated by the U.S. Dept. of Education as part of the National Assessment of Vocational Education (NAVE). |
Technology-Based Solutions to Workforce Service Delivery
| Principal Investigator: | Christopher T. King, PhD |
| Sponsor: | Texas State Comptroller |
| Project Duration: | September 2000 – August 2001 |
| Description: | Ray Marshall Center researchers are conducting a policy research project addressing challenges and opportunities in workforce service delivery resulting from technological innovation in the New Economy. Drs. Christopher King and Robert Glover serve as PRP co-directors, meeting with participating students on a weekly basis, shaping their assignments, guiding their research, arranging for speakers, overseeing preparation of the project reports, and related project tasks. |
| Reports Available: | Technology-Based Solutions to Workforce Service Delivery Project Directors: Robert W. Glover, Christopher T. King, Francis Dummer Fisher, and Lodis Rhodes Date: October 2002 Publication Type: Policy Research Project, 243pp. |
Transforming Workforce Development Systems: Planning Phase
| Principal Investigator: | Christopher T. King, PhD |
| Sponsor: | University of Washington |
| Research Partners: | National Governors Association, John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University, and Institute of Public Policy and Management at University of Washington |
| Project Duration: | April 2000 – April 2001 |
| Description: | Dr. Christopher T. King and Daniel P. O’ Shea worked with consortium partners, the National Governors Association’s Center for Best Practices and Rutgers University’s Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, to create a network of workforce institutes as outlined in a proposal to the Ford Foundation entitled, “Transforming State and Local Workforce Development Systems to Meet the Demands of the New Economy”. |
State Capacity Project/Texas
| Principal Investigators: | Christopher T. King, PhD and Dan O’Shea, MA |
| Sponsor: | Kellogg Foundation |
| Research Partners: | Rockefeller Institute of Government, State University of New York (SUNY) – Albany, and Field Associates in 20 states |
| Project Duration: | 1998 – 2000 |
| Description: | The national study, directed by Dr. Richard P. Nathan and Thomas L. Gais of the Rockefeller Institute at SUNY-Albany, explored welfare and workforce devolution and the capacity of states and localities for taking on new roles. Researchers at the Ray Marshall Center conducted the Texas portion of this research and a pilot of the workforce devolution portion of the study. |
| Reports Available: | Implementing the Personal Responsibility Act of 1996: A First Look Authors: Richard P. Nathan and Thomas L. Gais Date: 1999 Publication Type and Availability: Book, 80pp; Available through the SUNY Press. |
Capital Area Education and Careers Partnership School-to-Career Grant: An Assessment of Early Accomplishments, Constraints, and Prospects
| Principal Investigator: | Christopher T King, PhD |
| Sponsor: | Texas Workforce Commission |
| Project Duration: | January 2000 – March 2000 |
| Description: | Ray Marshall Center researchers, Christopher King and Daniel O’Shea conducted an evaluation of Year One and Year Two deliverables of the “School-to-Career” project. These activities and services were delivered under the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994 by the Capital Area Education and Careers Partnership. |
| Report Available: | Capital Area Education and Careers Partnership School-to-Career Grant: An Assessment of Early Accomplishments, Constraints, and Prospects Authors: Daniel P. O’Shea and Christopher T. King Date: March 2000 Publication Type: Report, 23pp. |
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