Opening Doors: Promising Lessons from Five Texas High Schools (2001)

This report describes common characteristics of five high-poverty Texas high schools that have attained notable levels of success on selected academic indicators. The report includes a summary of findings, recommendations, and detailed case reports on each campus.

The cross-case analysis is the main report, and there case studies for each of the five high schools:

Cross-case analysis (pdf 779kb)

Case studies:

Brazosport (pdf 388kb)

Martin (pdf 432kb)

Mountain View (pdf 420kb)

PSJA Memorial (pdf 392kb)

Uvalde (pdf 404kb)