A Review of Studies Evaluating the Effectiveness of Magnet Middle Schools in Meeting Societal and Educational Goals.

Autor/in	Desiderio, Mike
Titel	A Review of Studies Evaluating the Effectiveness of Magnet Middle Schools in Meeting Societal and Educational Goals.
Quelle	(1996), (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Academic Achievement; College Students; Desegregation Methods; Educational Objectives; Effective Schools Research; Higher Education; Intermediate Grades; Junior High Schools; Magnet Schools; Middle Schools; Outcomes of Education; Program Effectiveness; School Desegregation; School Effectiveness; Student Attitudes; Urban Schools + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Collegestudent; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Schulforschung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Mittelstufe; Sekundarstufe I; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Integrative Schule; Schuleffizienz; Schülerverhalten; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule
Abstract	To determine the effectiveness of magnet middle school programs, a search was initiated for documents from magnet school evaluations. In addition, some students who had attended magnet middle schools were interviewed about their experiences. Most evaluations of magnet middle schools were reports written for local school boards. Evaluations were found for Boston (Massachusetts), Charlotte-Mecklenberg (North Carolina), Chicago (Illinois), Fort Worth (Texas), Houston (Texas), Kansas City (Missouri), and New York (New York). With the exception of the program evaluation from Kansas City, the reports describe magnet schools that were successful. Some of the traits these programs had in common were: (1) committed faculty and administration; (2) parental participation; (3) high expectations for student achievement and willingness to work for this end; (4) seeking to decrease school segregation; and (5) school-wide implementation of the magnet theme. Interviews with three college students who had attended magnet middle schools showed that students appreciated their experiences and learned from them. These students thought that the magnet middle schools had helped prepare them for future studies. (Contains 36 references.) (SLD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01