UH-ERC Reports, Publications and Presentations

To attain the University of Houston Education Research Center's (UH ERC) ultimate goal of improving education in Texas and beyond, the UH ERC research team engages in the exploration and study of a wide range of education policies, practices, and issues.  This page displays reports commissioned from the UH ERC, as well as academic paper publications and work presented by our research team.

Reports

• Texas Charter Authorizer Accountability Report: 2021-2022 School Year
  • Appendix E
  • Executive Summary
• An Update to the Texas Teacher Workforce Report Prepared for the Charles Butt Foundation, December 2022.
• First Look: An Exploratory Analysis of Senate Bill 1882 Partnerships in Texas 
• Texas Classroom Teacher Certification 2022
• Texas Charter Authorizer Accountability Report: 2020-2021 School Year
  • Appendix E
  • Executive Summary
•  Texas Charter Authorizer Accountability Report: 2019-2020 School Year
  • Appendix D
  • Executive Summary
• Texas Teacher Workforce Report Prepared for Raise Your Hand Texas (RYHT), January 2021.
• Texas Charter Authorizer Accountability Report: 2018-2019 School Year
  • Appendix D
  • Executive Summary
• Assessing the Effectiveness of Texas Educator Preparation Programs, July 2020.

Publications

• Templeton, T. (forthcoming). "Colorado." State of the States Special Issue. Journal of Education Human Resources.
• Templeton, T., Selsberg, B., Abdelmalak, M., & Abdelhamid, M. (forthcoming). Feast or Famine. Inequity within the Texas School Finance System. Journal of Education Finance.
  • Appendix A
• Lee, S., Yoo, H.J. & Wang, C.H. (2023) The mediating role of online learning readiness in the relationship between course satisfaction and self-efficacy to learn statistics in online classes. Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 1-17.  DOI: 10.1080/02680513.2023.2270987
• Templeton, T., White, C.L., & Horn, C.L. (2023). The Far Reach of the Texas Top Ten Percent Plan: Consideration of Professional School Degrees. The Journal of Higher Education, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221546.2023.2171216
• Mairaj. F. and Callahan, R.M. (2022). "Understanding the role of the hollow state in educating refugees: A review of the literature." Literature Reviews in Education and Human Services 1(1), 24-49. https://sites.google.com/view/lresh/articles?authuser=0
• Templeton, T., White, C.L., Peters, A.L., & Horn, C.L. A QuantCrit Analysis of the Black Teacher to Principal Pipeline. Working Paper 102-21. June 2021.
• Templeton, T., White, C.L., Tran, M., Lowrey, S.L., & Horn, C.L. STEM Teachers in Highest-Need Schools: An Analysis of the Effects of the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program on STEM Teacher Placement and Retention. Working Paper 101-21. June 2021. 
• Templeton, T. & Horn, C.L. A Review of Texas Educator Preparation Program Policy, Texas Educator Preparation, Vol. 4. August 2020.

Presentations

• Assessing the Effects of Alternative High School Graduation Policies on Education and Workforce Outcomes. Toni Templeton, Rhoda Freelon, & Fiza Mairaj. University Council for Educational Administration, Minneapolis, Minnesota. November 2023.
• Resetting School Finance for Educational Equity. Toni Templeton & Mariam Abdelhamid. University Council for Educational Administration, Minneapolis, Minnesota. November 2023
• School Finance Reform and Teacher Salaries. Toni Templeton & Mariam Abdelhamid. National Education Finance Academy, Indianapolis, Indiana. April 2023
• Contracting for Success? Portfolio Management Models in Texas Public Schools. Sara Sands and Fiza Mairaj. Southwestern Social Science Association Conference, Fort Worth, Texas. March 2023
• How are Refugee and Asylee Students Idenified? A First Descriptive Study of State Accountability Data. Toni Templeton & Fiza Mairaj. Association of Education Finance and Policy, Denver, Colorado. March 2023
• Understanding High-Need: Exploring School and District Employment and Retention Patterns of Noyce Scholars in Texas. Toni Templeton, Chaunte White, Michelle Tran, and Catherine Horn. Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington D.C. March 2023
• High School to Workforce: Exploring the Influence of Graduation Plans and Workforce Outcomes for Students Whose Highest Level of Education is High School. Toni Templeton & Mariam Abdelmalak. Association of Education Finance and Policy, Denver, Colorado. March 2022.