From High School to the Future: The Challenge of Senior Year in Chicago Public Schools. Research Report

Autor/inn/en	Roderick, Melissa; Coca, Vanessa; Moeller, Eliza; Kelley-Kemple, Thomas
Institution	Consortium on Chicago School Research
Titel	From High School to the Future: The Challenge of Senior Year in Chicago Public Schools. Research Report
Quelle	(2013), (128 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	Weitere Informationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-9856-8191-3
Schlagwörter	Graduation Requirements; Educational Attainment; Colleges; Young Adults; High Schools; Labor Market; Labor Force; Grade 11; Grade 12; High School Seniors; Public Schools; College Preparation; Student Needs; Predictor Variables; Multivariate Analysis; Access to Education; Course Selection (Students); Academic Achievement; Career Readiness; College Readiness; Advanced Placement; College Admission; Core Curriculum; Comparative Analysis; Advanced Placement Programs; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abschlussordnung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; High school; Oberschule; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Labour force; Arbeitskraft; Erwerbsbevölkerung; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Prädiktor; Multivariate Analyse; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Course selection; Student; Students; Kurswahl; Schulleistung; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Kerncurriculum
Abstract	In a 2010 address to the College Board, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan laid out a vision for high school that advances the Obama administration's goal of the U.S. once again leading the world in educational attainment. There is no grade in which the magnitude and complexity of this shift becomes clearer than in senior year. Historically, senior year has been a time of finishing up graduation requirements as most students entered the work force after high school. In this new economy, most students now hope to go to college and those who are not entering college face a rapidly eroding labor market for young adults with only a high school education. This changing educational landscape means that students' coursework and activities in senior year are becoming increasingly important. If the new purpose of high schools is to be a "launching pad rather than a last stop destination," what does that mean for senior year? The bottom line is that there is much work to do if CPS is to shift the focus of twelfth grade from finishing graduation requirements to preparing for college and employment or training. A central theme of this report is that there is no single answer to the question, "What is a good senior year?" Students are coming into senior year with very different needs. In order to look at differences in needs across students, the authors group students by their college qualifications at the end of eleventh grade. Thus, throughout this report, the authors focus on identifying the set of issues that educators need to grapple with for students on different trajectories. Appended are: (1) Data Used in This Report; (2) Determining Who is a Senior and Who Persists in Four-Year Colleges; (3) Variables Used in the Analysis; (4) Latent Class Analysis; (5) Identifying College Access; and (6) Methodology. (Contains 33 figures, 16 tables, and 70 endnotes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10