Educational matchmaking : academic and vocational tracking in comprehensive high schools / Jeannie Oakes [et al.].

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Book
Language
English
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Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 1992.
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1 online resource (xx, 123 pages) : illustrations

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Reports the results of a study that compared three urban comprehensive senior high schools to better understand the rationale and processes that underlie schools' course offerings and students' coursetaking. All three schools made assumptions about their students that were related, in large part, to students' race and family socioeconomic status. An analysis of transcripts showed that low-income and disadvantaged minority students took more vocational courses, and that heavy vocational education participation was partially consistent with respondents' beliefs that such a program is best suited for students who are not expected to be successful in academic programs. Vocational programs are perceived negatively within the schools and are unlikely to receive school-level support or staff-development resources. The study recommends that schools press forward with experimentation and the evaluation of possibilities relating to a "strong" version of integrated academic and vocational education.
Notes
  • "Supported by the Office of Vocational and Adullt Education, U.S. Department of Education."
  • "NCRVE, National Center for Research in Vocational Education, University of California, Berkeley"--Cover
Tech. report no.
R-4189-NCRVE/UCB
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