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Relationships Between Selected Environmental Characteristics, Neighborhood Type, And School Achievement, Franklin Titus Iii
Relationships Between Selected Environmental Characteristics, Neighborhood Type, And School Achievement, Franklin Titus Iii
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The primary purpose of this study was to determine if neighborhood and school type help to predict 4th and 6th grade academic achievement above and beyond traditional socioeconomic status (SES) indices. A second purpose was to determine whether the findings of environmental effects research for smaller-size cities differ from studies which investigate larger urban centers. The study also sought to identify potential ways neighborhoods could be meaningfully classified in ways that might aid future research, and the possible presence of schools that succeed despite a profile that says they should not. Achievement test results of schools (N=61) from two Midwest …
Holding Power Index; Considerations Associated With Administrators Willingness/Unwillingness To Use The Cohort Method To Measure Student Dropout Rates Of Nebraska Public High Schools, Richard A. Dierkhising
Holding Power Index; Considerations Associated With Administrators Willingness/Unwillingness To Use The Cohort Method To Measure Student Dropout Rates Of Nebraska Public High Schools, Richard A. Dierkhising
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Public high schools do not consistently use one method to measure student dropout rates. The purpose of this study was to identify differences in the reasons given by principals and district office administrators from various size public high school/districts which describe willingness or unwillingness to adopt the cohort method as the standard measure of student dropout rates.