The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is pleased to inform you that the following applications have been preliminarily selected to receive a grant for Round 2 of the Technology Immersion Pilot (TIP) Grant Program.

Contacts:	Kathy Mihalik (Funding) Discretionary Grants Phone: (512) 463-9269 kathleen.mihalik@tea.state.tx.us	Tammy Kreuz (Program) Educational Technology Phone: (512) 475-3255 tammy.kreuz@tea.state.tx.us
Program Description:	The purpose of the Technology Immersion Pilot (TIP) project is to explore the impact of technology immersion on student progress by providing each student with a wireless mobile computing device and integrating software, online resources, and other appropriate learning technologies that have been shown to improve student achievement. A technology immersed campus would involve the development of a comprehensive education technology environment that provide for the acquisition, development, interconnection, implementation, improvement and maintenance of an effective educational technology infrastructure. The purpose of this infrastructure is to effectively integrate technology resources and systems into teacher training, curriculum development and student learning at the campus level to improve student achievement. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) was awarded a federal grant in October 2003 to evaluate a component of this project using scientifically-based research to provide evidence about the effectiveness of educational technology in K-12 education. In doing so, we will help increase the capacity of state and local education agencies across the nation to design, conduct, and procure high-quality evaluations of educational technology projects by demonstrating how scientifically based evaluations of educational technology interventions can be conducted. The purpose of the Evaluation of the Texas Technology Immersion Pilot (eTxTIP) is to conduct a scientifically-based evaluation at the state level to test the effectiveness of technology immersion in increasing middle school students' achievement in core academic subjects. In particular, the evaluation will examine the association between technology immersion and student technology use, as well as the effect on the school environment, personnel, and parent and community partnerships. Most importantly, the research will determine the effect of technology immersion on both intermediate and long-term student outcomes, such as technology proficiency, performance on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAKS), student attendance and dropout rates, as well as students' personal goals and aspirations. This federal evaluation grant calls for a representative sample of Texas middle schools grades 6-8 based on size and geographic location. The sixteen middle schools selected at this time to participate as immersed campuses are in addition to the six middle schools awarded in May. Below are the immersed and control campuses selected from TIP applicants. Schools range in size from less than 100 students to over 1000 students and represent small, medium and large districts from 14 ESC regions.
Grant Period:	August 16, 2004 - June 30, 2006.

List of Awardees:

Immersed Campuses
Brady ISD-Brady Middle School		Bryan ISD-Stephen F. Austin Middle School		Charlotte ISD-Charlotte Middle School
Corpus Christi ISD-Baker Middle School		Corpus Christi ISD-Cullen Middle School		Dublin ISD-Dublin Middle School
Floydada ISD-Floydada Junior High		Fruitvale ISD-Fruitvale Middle School		Galena Park ISD-Woodland Acres Middle School
Houston ISD-Kaleidoscope Middle School		Laredo ISD-Christen Middle School		Laredo ISD-Memorial Middle School
McLeod ISD-McLeod Middle School		Memphis ISD-Memphis Middle School		Monte Alto ISD-Monte Alto Middle School
Morton ISD-Morton Junior High		Newton ISD-Newton Middle School		Port Arthur ISD-Wilson Middle School
Post ISD-Post Middle School		Presidio ISD-Franco Middle School		Riviera ISD-De La Paz Middle School
San Diego ISD-Bernarda Jaime Junior High
Control Campuses
Bryan ISD-Sam Rayburn Middle School		Corpus Christi ISD-Haas Middle School		Corpus Christi ISD-Hamlin Middle School
Cotulla ISD-Frank Newman Middle School		DeLeon ISD-Perkins Middle School		Edgewood ISD-Truman Middle School
Galena Park ISD-Galena Park Middle School		Hamlin ISD-Hamlin Middle School		Harleton ISD-Harleton Junior High
Houston ISD-Briarmeadow Middle School		Laredo ISD-Joaquin Cigarroa Middle School		Laredo ISD-Lamar Middle School
Odem-Edroy ISD-Odem Junior High		O'Donnell ISD-O'Donnell Junior High		Ore City ISD-Ore City Middle School
Port Arthur ISD-Austin Middle School		Seagraves ISD-Seagraves Junior High		Skidmore-Tynan ISD-Skidmore-Tynan Junior High
Slaton ISD-Slaton Junior High		Timpson ISD-Timpson Middle School		Wellington ISD-Wellington Junior High
Last Updated January 29, 2007
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