Today's Committee Meetings on the LRL website is a calendar of interim committee hearings with links to agendas. The following may be helpful resources for upcoming hearings.
June 19th
House Committee on Public Education
Charge: State and local implementation of STAAR
- State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness: EOC Level II: Satisfactory Academic Performance Phase-In Summary Report (2012 Statewide End-of-Course Results), Texas Education Agency, June 8, 2012
- STAAR Statewide Summary Reports 2011–2012, Texas Education Agency, June 8, 2012
June 20th
Senate Committee on Higher Education
Charge: Use of technology, including online learning
- "ADA [Americans With Disabilities Act] Compliance Is a 'Major Vulnerability' for Online Programs,"; Chronicle of Higher Education, Wired Campus, November 12, 2010; Managing Online Education, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, November 2010
- The Digital Revolution and Higher Education, Pew Internet & American Life Project, August 28, 2011
- Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies, U.S. Department of Education, September 2010
- Report of the Advisory Commission on Accessible Instructional Materials in Postsecondary Education for Students with Disabilities, U.S. Department of Education, December 6, 2011
Charge: Developmental education programs
- 2012 Texas Public Higher Education Almanac, Developmental Education Profile (p. 15), and developmental education statistics by institution, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, May 2012
- The Role of Minority-Serving Institutions in Redefining and Improving Developmental Education, Southern Education Foundation, 2012
- Unlocking the Gate: What We Know About Improving Developmental Education, MDRC, June 2011
Charge: Non-traditional students
- Sealing the Gaps: Supporting Low-Income, First-Generation Students at Four-Year Institutions in Texas Post-Transfer, Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, November 2011
- "Yesterday's Nontraditional Student Is Today's Traditional Student (fact sheet)," Center for Law & Social Policy, Updated June 29, 2011
