Institute for Public School Initiatives

College Readiness Initiatives

Early College High Schools

IPSI is committed to providing programs and tools to help students prepare for the next step after high school graduation. Early College High Schools blend high school and college into one coherent program that allows students to achieve two years of college credit while they earn a high school diploma. UT San Antonio established three Early College High Schools in partnership with local school districts. Additional Early College High Schools will be created by UT Brownsville and UT Pan American over the next two years.


College Readiness

TRACK

TRACK (TAKS Readiness and Core Knowledge)is a free TAKS test readiness program offered online with hundreds of dynamic learning tutorials and diagnostics in the subject areas tested on the 11th grade exit-level TAKS test. Visitors can access over 400 learning modules for general review of concepts and skills as well as take practice exams in the English, Math, Science, and Social studies knowledge and skills areas covered in the TAKS exams. In its third year, 2007, TRACK was widely used across Texas with more than 87,500 user profiles created and more than 140,000 diagnostic tests opened.

TRACK is a University of Texas System partnership between the UT Telecampus and the Institute for Public School Initiatives. Made possible by generous grant funding from the Houston Endowment, TRACK can be found online at http://www.track.uttelecampus.org.

Contact Information

Dr. E. Michael Bohlig
702 Colorado Street, CLB 5.200
Austin, TX 78701

512-499-4373


 

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