scholarly journals What Makes a Good High School? Measuring School Effects beyond the Average

2021 ◽  
pp. 29-45
Author(s):  
Pauline Givord ◽  
Milena Suarez Castillo
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
School Effects

Dropping out of high school: Effects of close and distant friendships

2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 1254-1268 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Carbonaro ◽  
Joseph Workman
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
School Effects ◽  
Dropping Out

scholarly journals High School GPAs and ACT Scores as Predictors of College Completion: Examining Assumptions About Consistency Across High Schools

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 198-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine M. Allensworth ◽  
Kallie Clark
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High Schools ◽  
School Effects ◽  
Academic Readiness ◽  
College Completion ◽  
College Graduation ◽  
Act Scores ◽  
Act Score ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

High school GPAs (HSGPAs) are often perceived to represent inconsistent levels of readiness for college across high schools, whereas test scores (e.g., ACT scores) are seen as comparable. This study tests those assumptions, examining variation across high schools of both HSGPAs and ACT scores as measures of academic readiness for college. We found students with the same HSGPA or the same ACT score graduate at very different rates based on which high school they attended. Yet, the relationship of HSGPAs with college graduation is strong and consistent and larger than school effects. In contrast, the relationship of ACT scores with college graduation is weak and smaller than high school effects, and the slope of the relationship varies by high school.

High School Effects on College Intentions

1970 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
John W. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
School Effects

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.

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