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Research

• New Technology Foundation -- 1999-2009: A Decade of Re-creating Teaching and Learning, by Susan Schilling, Former CEO New Technology Foundation (2010). History of the development of the New Tech 21st Century school model, 2001-2009.
• Manor New Tech High School: A Case Study of an Inclusive STEM-focused High School, by Sharon J. Lynch, Nancy Spillane, et al, George Washington University, Opportunity Structures for Preparation and Inspiration in STEM (OSPrI) research project, 2013.
• NTN Student Outcomes Report for 2013
• Case Study of Manor New Technology High School, Manor, Texas. Prepared by International Center for Leadership in Education for the 2010 Model schools Conference, June, 2010, Orlando, FL.
• Case Study of Manor New Tech High School: Promising Practices for Comprehensive High Schools, by E3 Alliance, Texas, November, 2009
• Measuring Skills for the 21st Century, by Elena Silva, Education Sector, November 10, 2008. Excellent study includes profile of New Tech High School model's assessment practices.
  
• The Impact of School Facilities on Student Performance and Retention of Teachers, by Kathleen J. Moore, California Department of Education, Victoria Bergsagal, Architects of Achievement, and Mary Filardo, 21st Century School Fund, The California Achievement Gap Summit, November 14, 2007. The research features both Sacramento New Technology High School and the New Tech Student Empowerment Academy at Jefferson High School in Los Angeles. PowerPoint Presentation (PPT; 54.6MB; 84pp.).
  
• High Schools for Equity: Policy Supports for Student Learning in Communities of Color (PDF), by the School Redesign Network at Stanford University (SRN) and Justice Matters in San Francisco, November 9, 2007. This study focuses on five urban, public high schools from across the state, including Sacramento New Tech High School, that represent the types of educational approaches required to close California's educational achievement gap and to enable all students to move on to successful career and college pathways. Press release.
  
• Case Study of Sacramento New Technology High School, prepared by the International Center for Leadership in Education for the Model Schools Conference, Washington, DC, June 26-28, 2007. PDF.
• Case Study of Napa New Technology High School 2006, prepared by the International Center for Leadership in Education for the Model Schools Conference, Orlando,FL, June 26-28, 2006. This is a different case study from the 2005 version. (Word Doc).
• New Technology High School Postsecondary Student Success Study (PDF), Rockman & Associates, February 6, 2006
  Rockman et al conducted a six-month study of New Technology High School (NTHS) alumni for the last eight years for the New Technology Foundation (NTF) . The study was designed to gather feedback from NTHS graduates regarding their postsecondary education and/or career, 21st Century skills, knowledge and use of technology, and on what they valued most about their NTHS experience.
  Data discussed in the report that follows suggest that New Technology High School is meeting the academic and skill needs of its 21st Century students. Overall feedback indicated that:
  -- 89% of the responding alumni attended a 2-year or 4-year college/university or professional or technical institute.
  -- 92% of respondents have applied some or a great deal of what they learned at NTHS to their postsecondary education or career.
  -- 96% of the respondents would choose to attend NTHS again.
  -- 40% of the alumni respondents were either majoring in STEM fields or were working in STEM professions.
• Case Study of Napa New Technology High School, prepared by the International Center for Leadership in Education for the Model Schools Conference, Nashville, TN, June 26-28, 2005.
• Results That Matter: New Tech High School at a Glance, New Technology Foundation, February 2006. New Tech High School students graduate with a mastery of 21st Century knowledge and skills, prepared for college, career, and citizenship. New Tech High School uses multiple measures to assess student performance and school accountability, including measures of student engagement, academic success, 21st Century skills, and post-secondary success. NTHS Results that Matter shows high school success data on student achievement, 21st Century Skills, graduation requirements, graduation rates, post-secondary enrollments and STEM Careers, Recognitions, and NTHS Network School Success.
  
• Los Angeles New Technology High Schools
  “SUMMARY OF YEAR ONE, NEW TECH HIGH SCHOOLS, as of September 18, 2007”, Office of School Redesign, Los Angeles Unified School District. Also 2007 and 2008 data comparison to co-located or same attendance zone high schools.
  
• Texas New Tech High Schools Data, 2006-2009
  Data at 3 Texas New Tech High Schools, 2006-2009 (PowerPoint Slides): METSA (Carrolton Farmers Branch ISD), Manor New Technology High School (Manor ISD), and Akins New Tech High School (Austin ISD).
  Profile for Learning Tour conducted of Manor New Technology High School (Manor ISD, TX) by the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas, on Tuesday, March 25, 2008, . Released June, 2008. Download PDF.
  
• Akins New Technology High School (Austin, Texas)
  AISD Department of Program Evaluation analysis of 2007 and 2008 TAKS performance for currently enrolled 12th grade students participating in Akins High School's NTG program and compared with other currently enrolled 12th grades at Akins High School and all district 12th graders.