Supplemental Material for Developmental Changes in the Frequency and Functions of School-Related Communication With Friends and Family Across High School: Effects on College Enrollment

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
College Enrollment ◽  
School Effects ◽  
Developmental Changes

School Strategies and the “College-Linking” Process: Reconsidering the Effects of High Schools on College Enrollment

2008 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lori Diane Hill
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High Schools ◽  
School Effectiveness ◽  
College Enrollment ◽  
School Effects ◽  
Effectiveness Study ◽  
Ethnic Variation ◽  
College Transitions ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Racial Ethnic

This study reconsidered school effects on college enrollment by focusing on strategies that schools use to facilitate college transitions. It also examined whether school strategies influence different outcomes for students from different racial/ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Using data from the High School Effectiveness Study, the analysis identified three distinctive “college-linking” strategies: traditional, clearinghouse, and brokering. The results revealed that the strategies that schools use to help students navigate the college-linking process are associated with variation in college enrollment. They suggest that schools that operate primarily as a resource clearinghouse, in which organizational norms limit their role as agents in the college-linking process, foster significant racial/ethnic variation in students' outcomes.

Mapping developmental changes in perceived parent–adolescent relationship quality throughout middle school and high school

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (04) ◽  
pp. 1541-1556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley M. Ebbert ◽  
Frank J. Infurna ◽  
Suniya S. Luthar
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Middle School ◽  
New England ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Developmental Changes ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
Adolescent Relationships ◽  
Adolescent Relationship ◽  
Over Time

AbstractThis study examined changes in adolescents’ perceived relationship quality with mothers and fathers from middle school to high school, gender differences, and associated mental health consequences using longitudinal data from the New England Study of Suburban Youth cohort (n = 262, 48% female) with annual assessments (Grades 6–12). For both parents, alienation increased, and trust and communication decreased from middle school to high school, with greater changes among girls. Overall, closeness to mothers was higher than with fathers. Girls, compared to boys, perceived more trust and communication and similar levels of alienation with mothers at Grade 6. Girls perceived stronger increases in alienation from both parents and stronger declines in trust with mothers during middle school. Increasing alienation from both parents and less trust with mothers at Grade 6 was associated with higher levels of anxiety at Grade 12. Less trust with both parents at Grade 6 and increasing alienation and decreasing trust with mothers in high school were associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms at Grade 12. Overall, girls reported having higher levels of anxiety at Grade 12 compared to boys. Findings on the course of the quality of parent–adolescent relationships over time are discussed in terms of implications for more targeted research and interventions.

scholarly journals “They Always Call Me an Investment”: Gendered Familism and Latino/a College Pathways

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Ovink
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
College Enrollment ◽  
College Attainment ◽  
The Past ◽  
College Going ◽  
College Choices ◽  
Gender Reversal ◽  
Racial Ethnic

In the past 20 years, Latinas have begun to outperform Latinos in high school completionand college enrollment, tracking the overall “gender reversal” in college attainment thatfavors women. Few studies have examined what factors contribute to Latinas’ increasingeducational success. This article focuses on gender differences in college-going behavioramong a cohort of 50 Latino/a college aspirants in the San Francisco East Bay Area.Through 136 longitudinal interviews, I examine trends in Latinos/as’ postsecondary pathwaysand life course decisions over a two-year period. Findings suggest evidence forgendered familism, in which gender and racial/ethnic beliefs intersect to differentiallyshape Latinos/as’ attitudes, behaviors, and college choices. Gendered familism encouragedLatinas to seek a four-year degree as a means of earning independence, whileLatinos expressed a sense of automatic autonomy that was not as strongly tied to educationaloutcomes.

The School Counselor Caseload and the High School-to-College Pipeline

2014 ◽  
Vol 116 (10) ◽  
pp. 1-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chenoa S. Woods ◽  
Thurston Domina
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
School Counselor ◽  
College Enrollment ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
School Level ◽  
Enrollment Rates ◽  
High School To College ◽  
Transition From High School ◽  
The Relationship

Background Advising students on the transition from high school to college is a central part of school counselors’ professional responsibility. The American School Counselor Association recommends a school counselor caseload of 250 students; however, prior work yields inconclusive evidence on the relationship between school counseling and school-level counseling resources and students’ college trajectories. Focus of Study This study evaluates the relationship between access to school counselors and several critical indicators of student transitions between high school and college. Research Design The study utilizes the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 to explore the relationships between the school counselor caseload and students’ progress throughout the high school-to-college pipeline. The key indicator is the counselor caseload for students at a given high school, measured as the number of 10th graders per counselor at the high school at which each student is enrolled. The outcome variables are students’ college expectations, whether students spoke with a counselor about college, taking the SAT, and college enrollment. Logistic and multinomial logistic regression analyses are applied to examine the relationships between these variables. Findings Students in schools with small counselor caseloads enjoy greater success at navigating the high school-to-college pipeline. Controlling for student- and school-level characteristics, students in schools where counselors are responsible for advising a large number of students are less likely to speak with a counselor about college, plan to attend college, take the SAT, and enroll in a four-year college. Conclusions The findings support the claim that a smaller school counselor caseload may increase students’ access to key college preparation resources and raise four-year college enrollment rates.

No Excuses Charter Schools and College Enrollment: New Evidence from a High School Network in Chicago

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 414-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Davis ◽  
Blake Heller
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Charter Schools ◽  
College Enrollment ◽  
Standardized Test ◽  
College Attendance ◽  
Similar Rate ◽  
Capital Gains ◽  
College Matriculation ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Four Year Institutions

Although it is well known that certain charter schools dramatically increase students' standardized test scores, there is considerably less evidence that these human capital gains persist into adulthood. To address this matter, we match three years of lottery data from a high-performing charter high school to administrative college enrollment records and estimate the effect of winning an admissions lottery on college matriculation, quality, and persistence. Seven to nine years after the lottery, we find that lottery winners are 10.0 percentage points more likely to attend college and 9.5 percentage points more likely to enroll for at least four semesters. Unlike previous studies, our estimates are powerful enough to uncover improvements on the extensive margin of college attendance (enrolling in any college), the intensive margin (persistence of attendance), and the quality margin (enrollment at selective, four-year institutions). We conclude by providing nonexperimental evidence that more recent cohorts at other campuses in the network increased enrollment at a similar rate.

An Investigation of a Multiple-Measures Teaching Evaluation System and Its Relationship With Students’ College-Going Outcomes

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-158
Author(s):  
Rodney Hughes ◽  
Lauren Dahlin ◽  
Tara Tucci
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
College Enrollment ◽  
Teaching Effectiveness ◽  
The United States ◽  
Teaching Evaluation ◽  
Multiple Measures ◽  
College Going ◽  
Significant Difference

In recent years, multiple-measures teaching evaluation systems have become widespread in states and school districts around the United States. Using administrative data from Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) and the National Student Clearinghouse, we examine the relationship between exposure to different ratings of teaching effectiveness in high school (based on a district-wide multiple-measures evaluation system) and high school graduation and college enrollment outcomes. We find a small but statistically significant difference in college enrollment rates for PPS graduates with more courses with teaching with the highest rating of Distinguished, and these students were also more likely to enroll in selective colleges.

scholarly journals Take Two! SAT Retaking and College Enrollment Gaps

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Goodman ◽  
Oded Gurantz ◽  
Jonathan Smith
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Low Income ◽  
College Enrollment ◽  
High School Graduates ◽  
Causal Effects ◽  
Underrepresented Minority ◽  
Low Income Students ◽  
Sat Scores ◽  
Enrollment Rates ◽  
Enrollment Gaps

Only half of SAT-takers retake the exam, with even lower retake rates among low-income students and underrepresented minority (URM) students. We exploit discontinuous jumps in retake probabilities at multiples of 100, driven by left-digit bias, to estimate retaking’s causal effects. Retaking substantially improves SAT scores and increases four-year college enrollment rates, particularly for low-income and URM students. Eliminating disparities in retake rates could close up to 10 percent of the income-based gap and up to 7 percent of the race-based gap in four-year college enrollment rates of high school graduates. (JEL I21, I23, I24, J15)

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