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Author : Elaine Allensworth
Release : 2014-10-28
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Book Rating : 461/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis 4 Key Findings for High Schools from Looking Forward to High School and College by : Elaine Allensworth
Download or read book 4 Key Findings for High Schools from Looking Forward to High School and College written by Elaine Allensworth. This book was released on 2014-10-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Elaine Allensworth
Release : 2014-10-28
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Book Synopsis 5 Key Findings for Middle Grades from Looking Forward to High School and College by : Elaine Allensworth
Download or read book 5 Key Findings for Middle Grades from Looking Forward to High School and College written by Elaine Allensworth. This book was released on 2014-10-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Elaine Allensworth
Release : 2014-09-01
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Book Synopsis Looking Forward to High School and College by : Elaine Allensworth
Download or read book Looking Forward to High School and College written by Elaine Allensworth. This book was released on 2014-09-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grades and attendance-not test scores-are the middle grade factors most strongly connected with both high school and college success. In fact, grades and attendance matter more than test scores, race, poverty, or other background characteristics for later academic success. This report follows approximately 20,000 Chicago Public Schools students as they transition from elementary to high school. It is designed to help answer questions about which markers should be used to gauge whether students are ready to succeed in high school and beyond. It also considers the performance levels students need to reach in middle school to have a reasonable chance of succeeding in high school.
Author : Laura Horn
Release : 1998
Genre : Education
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Book Synopsis Toward Resiliency by : Laura Horn
Download or read book Toward Resiliency written by Laura Horn. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examined whether or not student, parent, and peer engagement factors that contribute to at-risk students' success in graduating from high school continue to be important in making the transition from high school to postsecondary education. The data set used was the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, which included 1994 data obtained two years after students' scheduled high school graduation. At-risk students exhibited two or more of six risk factors, including "family in the lowest socioeconomic quartile" or "held back a grade". Analysis used alternative statistical methodology, specifically regression analysis and the "odds ratios" produced by this procedure. Key findings indicated that: (1) students whose parents frequently discussed school-related matters and/or had high educational expectations were much more likely than other students to enroll in postsecondary education; (2) students who reported that most or all of their high school friends planned to attend college were far more likely to attend themselves; (3) participating in college preparation activities such as gathering information about financial aid increased the odds of enrolling in postsecondary education; and (4) moderate- to high-risk students participating in college outreach programs were more likely to attend college. Appended are a glossary and technical and methodology notes. (Contains 11 references.) (DB)
Author : Melissa R. Roderick
Release : 2008
Genre : Education, Higher
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Book Rating : 372/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis From High School to the Future by : Melissa R. Roderick
Download or read book From High School to the Future written by Melissa R. Roderick. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research (UChicago CCSR) builds the capacity for school reform by conducting research that identifies what matters for student success and school improvement. Since 2004, CCSR has tracked the postsecondary experiences of successive cohorts of Chicago Public Schools graduates and examined the relationship among high school preparation, support, college choice, and postsecondary outcomes. The goal of this research is to help policymakers and practitioners understand what it takes to improve the college outcomes for urban and other at-risk students who now overwhelmingly aspire to college. This second report in the "From High School to the Future" series looks beyond qualifications to examine where students encounter potholes on the road to college. The findings reveal that Chicago students at all levels of qualifications do not successfully navigate the daunting process of enrolling in four-year colleges and too often default to colleges for which they are overqualified. The study relies on qualitative and quantitative data for CPS seniors in 2005: student and teacher surveys, transcripts, college enrollment data reported by the National Student Clearinghouse, and student interviews. Consortium researchers spent nearly two years interviewing and tracking the academic progress of 105 students in three Chicago high schools. The ten case studies included in the "Potholes" study each highlight a student who struggled at a different point in the postsecondary planning process.
