Parents' "Hard" Knowledge of Admission Criteria and Acceptance in Philadelphia's High School Choice Process

Autor/inn/en	Haxton, Clarisse L.; Neild, Ruth Curran
Titel	Parents' "Hard" Knowledge of Admission Criteria and Acceptance in Philadelphia's High School Choice Process
Quelle	In: Journal of School Choice, 6 (2012) 4, S.483-503 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1558-2159
DOI	10.1080/15582159.2012.733226
Schlagwörter	Admission Criteria; School Choice; Urban Schools; Parent Education; High Schools; Surveys; School Districts; Decision Making; Admission (School); Parent Attitudes; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Zulassung; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Parents education; Elternbildung; Elternschule; High school; Oberschule; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; School district; Schulbezirk; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Elternverhalten
Abstract	We examine parents' knowledge of discrete, verifiable facts--what we call "hard knowledge"--in a high school application process. Using parent survey data (n = 658) from the School District of Philadelphia, this study examines whether parents knew the admission criteria and acceptance rate at the high school they most wanted their child to attend. We argue that these two facts are critical to making strategic application decisions. We find that hard knowledge is low overall but varies by parent education, and that all parents are more likely to have information if it is provided directly to them by the district. (Contains 5 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10