Factors That Influence Participation in Secondary Vocational Education. MPR Reference No. 8879-400

Autor/inn/en	Agodini, Roberto; Uhl, Stacey; Novak, Timothy
Institution	Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Titel	Factors That Influence Participation in Secondary Vocational Education. MPR Reference No. 8879-400
Quelle	(2004), (54 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	High Schools; Vocational Education; Student Participation; Context Effect; Educational Policy; Educational Change; Student Characteristics; Parent Background; Institutional Characteristics; Reading Achievement; Mathematics Achievement; Low Achievement; Grade 8; Student Educational Objectives; High School Graduates; Disadvantaged Schools; Demography + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; Oberschule; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsreform; Elternhaus; Leseleistung; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Absolvent; Absolventin; Demografie
Abstract	This study examines the factors that influence participation in vocational education among students who attended high school during the early 1990s--that is, when the focus of federal vocational education policy began to change. The factors examined included three types of characteristics of students, their parents, and their high schools: (1) demographics; (2) behaviors; and (3) expectations. The influence of each characteristic is assessed by examining the difference in vocational education participation rates among students who do and do not possess the characteristic, adjusted for other differences between students that may affect participation. Results were examined for overall 1992 high school graduates and for three subgroups: (1) students in the lowest third of eighth-grade math and reading achievement; (2) students who attended a high school where more than half of the students received a free or reduced-priced lunch; and (3) students who, before starting high school, were not planning to pursue any type of postsecondary education. The results are organized and presented in table form in appendix B. Appendix A contains "The National Education Longitudinal Study and Our Analysis File." (Contains 7 tables and 2 footnotes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10