T-STEM Academies’ Academic Performance Examination by Education Service Centers: A Longitudinal Study

The purpose of the study is to examine the performance of Texas-STEM (T-STEM) academies in different regions to determine whether the academic achievement differs according to Education Service Centers (ESC). The ESCs’ goals were to improve the quality of school district programs and to increase student achievement. It was found that there was no statistically significant difference among T-STEM academies’ students’ mathematics mean scores in different ESCs when demographic variables taken into account. African American students’ mathematics mean scores were statistically significantly lower than those of White students in 9th grade; however, Asian students’ growth rate was statistically significantly higher than White students’ growth rate. Male students’ growth rate was statistically significantly higher than female students’ growth rate.