Closing the Aspirations-Attainment Gap: Implications for High School Reform. A Commentary from Chicago Paper prepared for the MDRC High School Reform Conference (San Diego, CA, Nov 16-18, 2005).

Autor/in	Roderick, Melissa
Institution	Manpower Demonstration Research Corp., New York, NY.
Titel	Closing the Aspirations-Attainment Gap: Implications for High School Reform. A Commentary from Chicago Paper prepared for the MDRC High School Reform Conference (San Diego, CA, Nov 16-18, 2005).
Quelle	(2006), (75 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Urban Schools; School Restructuring; Educational Attainment; Dropout Rate; Graduation Rate; Educational Change; High Schools; Accountability; College Preparation; Access to Education; Postsecondary Education; Low Income Groups; High School Students; Academic Aspiration; Minority Groups; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Bildungsreform; High school; Oberschule; Verantwortung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; High schools; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Ethnische Minderheit
Abstract	This paper is organized around three central questions: (1) What should be the primary goals of high school reform and what is the critical set of outcomes that matter for students? (2)Shat do we know about the strategies schools could use to pursue those goals? and (3) What are the implications of these strategies for the development of high school reform models and approaches and to what extent does test-based accountability impede or promote reform in these areas? The author begins by introducing the central policy problem--the gap between students' rising aspirations and their educational attainment. This paper then uses data from Chicago as a case study for focusing a discussion on what it will take to reduce dropout rates and increase postsecondary preparation and access for urban students. (Contains 3 tables, 12 figures, and 81 endnotes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10