UH-ERC Publications and Reports

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.

Publications

• Francis, S. S. & Mairaj, F. (2025). From theory to practice: Logic models for evaluating portfolio school districts. Texas Education Review, 13(1), 24-49. https://doi.org/10.26153/tsw/58406

• Mairaj, Fiza. (2024). Lacking Accountability and Effectiveness Measures: Exploring the Implementation of Mentoring Programs for Refugee Youth. Social Sciences 13: 586. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci13110586.

• Templeton, T. (2024). "Colorado." State of the States Special Issue. Journal of Education Human Resources. Volume 24 Issue s1, pp.25-27. DOI: 10.3138/jehr-2023-0090.

• Templeton, T., Selsberg, B., Abdelmalak, M., & Abdelhamid, M. (2023). Feast or Famine. Inequity within the Texas School Finance System. Journal of Education Finance, 49(2), 176-199.

  • Appendix A

• 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. & Horn, C.L. A Review of Texas Educator Preparation Program Policy, Texas Educator Preparation, Vol. 4. August 2020.

Working Papers

• Priyanti, N., Mairaj, F., & Templeton, T. Exploring Four Day School Week Adoption in Texas.  University of Houston Education Research Center Working Paper 101-25. February 2025.
  • University of Houston Education Research Center Four Day School Week Dataset, March 2025.

• Sands, S.R., & Mairaj, F. (2024). Contracting for Success? The Evolution of Governance in Texas Portfolio School Districs. University of Houston Education Research Center Working Paper #101-24. Manuscript submitted for publication.

• 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.

Reports

• Connecting Education and the Workforce Report Prepared for Workforce Solutions for the Heart of Texas, Feburary 2025.
• The Texas Teacher Workforce, August 2024
  • Executive Summary
• Texas Charter Authorizer Accountability Report: 2022-2023 School Year
  
  • Appendix E
  • Executive Summary
• 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.