scholarly journals Rituals of entering adulthood in the religious and secular space (sociological reflections)

2021 ◽  
Vol XII (2(35)) ◽  
pp. 57-70
Author(s):  
Maria Sroczyńska
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Young People ◽  
21St Century ◽  
High School Graduates ◽  
Pierre Bourdieu ◽  
High School Graduation ◽  
School Graduation ◽  
Theoretical Issues ◽  
Ritual Practices

The text deals with the rituals of passage, granting and approval accompanying entering adulthood. These considerations refer to both theoretical issues, taking into account the typology of rituals proposed by Pierre Bourdieu, and to selected results of own research (quantitative and qualitative) carried out at the end of the first decade of the 21st century among high school graduates of the Świętokrzyskie region. The ritual practices that are still important for young people (confirmation, "eighteenth" and high school graduation) were taken into account, although the manner of their celebration and the functions performed are subject to more or less significant transformations.

High stakes testing and distributive justice

2004 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis K. Schrag
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
High School Graduates ◽  
High School Graduation ◽  
High Stakes Testing ◽  
Focused Attention ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Graduation Tests ◽  
School Graduation

Evaluation of high stakes testing regimes must consider not simply mean test scores, but their distribution among students. Taking high school graduation tests and black and white student populations to illustrate the argument, I identify two criteria of success: a larger proportion of black high school graduates and a narrower gap between the two groups. I evaluate various possible distributions against these criteria. I then consider the question of which students merit our focused attention, those students who are furthest behind or those with the greatest likelihood of passing the test given extra help. A medical triage analogy suggests we should help the former, but I show here that the analogy is misplaced.

APPLICATION OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS IN ENROLLMENT AND STUDENT TRAINING AT VIETNAMESE UNIVERSITIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 276-287
Author(s):  
The Vinh Tran ◽  
Tran Kim Thanh ◽  
Tran Manh Tuong ◽  
Vu Anh Linh Duy
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
High School Graduation ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Entrance Exam ◽  
Entrance Exams ◽  
School Graduation ◽  
And Training ◽  
Machine Learning Models

In Vietnam, since 2015, the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam has decided to abolish university entrance exams and advocates the use of high school graduation exam results of candidates for admission to go to universities. The 2015 and 2016 exam questions for the Math exam are the essay questions. From 2017 up to now, the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam has applied the form of multiple-choice exams for Mathematics in the high school graduation exam. There are many mixed opinions about the impact of this form of examination and admission on the quality of university students. In particular, the switch from the form of essay examination to multiple-choice exams led the entire Vietnam Mathematical Association at that time to send recommendations on continuing to maintain the form of essay examination for mathematics. The purposes of this article are analysis and evaluation the effects of relevant factors on the academic performance of advanced math students of university students, and offer solutions to optimize university entrance exam. The data set was provided by Training Management Department and Training Quality Control and Testing Laboratory of the University of Finance – Marketing. This dataset includes information about math high school graduation test scores, learning process scores (scores assessed by direct instructors), and advanced math course end test scores of 2834 students in courses from 2015 to 2019. Linear and non-linear regression machine learning models were used to solve the tasks given in this article. An analysis of the data was conducted to reveal the advantages and disadvantages of the change in university enrollment of the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training. Tools from the Python libraries have been supported and used effectively in the process of solving problems. Through building and surveying the model, there are suggestions and solutions to problems in enrollment and input quality assurance. Specifically, in the preparation of entrance exams, the entrance exam questions should not exceed 61-66 % of multiple choice questions.

Improving High School Graduation Through School Climate

2021 ◽  
pp. 019263652199321
Author(s):  
David G. Buckman ◽  
Nathan W. J. Hand ◽  
Arvin Johnson
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
School Climate ◽  
Graduation Rates ◽  
High School Graduation ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
The Body ◽  
Public High Schools ◽  
High School Graduation Rates ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
School Graduation

The purpose of this study was to contribute to the body of literature regarding decisions school leaders make when developing strategic plans to improve student outcomes. This study investigated whether there is a significant relationship between school climate and graduation rates for public high schools in the state of Georgia when controlling for potential covariates. Using an ordinary least squares multiple regression procedure, this study found a positive school climate increased high school graduation rates ( b = .164, p ≤ .01).

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