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“Because of its large size and ethnic and racial diversity, Texas is an incredible laboratory to study the way in which educational opportunities and choices affect educational outcomes for minority and low-income children and affect their access to and success in higher education.”
- John Kain, TSP Founder

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A national model for using longitudinal data to conduct rigorous education research.

Texas Schools Project (TSP) supports independent, high-quality academic research and program evaluations through the use of individual level administrative data from Texas state agencies as well as other sources of education data.

Over the past decade, TSP has become one of the premier education research institutions in the country, working with leading researchers at universities in Texas and throughout the country to analyze relevant, policy-related questions that benefit students in Texas and nationwide.

In 2006, TSP was designated as a State of Texas Education Research Center (ERC). As an ERC, TSP maintains an unparalleled source of PK-16 data, allowing researchers to follow Texas students from pre-Kindergarten through college.

Page last updated on July 24, 2009.