Effects of High School Course-Taking on Secondary and Postsecondary Success

Autor/inn/en	Long, Mark C.; Conger, Dylan; Iatarola, Patrice
Titel	Effects of High School Course-Taking on Secondary and Postsecondary Success
Quelle	In: American Educational Research Journal, 49 (2012) 2, S.285-322 (38 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312
DOI	10.3102/0002831211431952
Schlagwörter	Disadvantaged Schools; Disadvantaged Youth; Academic Achievement; Student Characteristics; Course Selection (Students); Correlation; High School Students; Grade 10; Standardized Tests; Scores; Graduation; Postsecondary Education; Grade 8; Comparative Analysis; Outcomes of Education; Educational Attainment; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Schulleistung; Course selection; Student; Students; Kurswahl; Korrelation; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Abschluss; Graduierung; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut
Abstract	Using panel data from a census of public school students in the state of Florida, the authors examine the associations between students' high school course-taking in various subjects and their 10th-grade test scores, high school graduation, entry into postsecondary institutions, and postsecondary performance. The authors use propensity score matching (based on 8th-grade test scores, other student characteristics, and school effects) within groups of students matched on the composition of the students' course-taking in other subjects to estimate the differences in outcomes for students who take rigorous courses in a variety of subjects. The authors find substantial significant differences in outcomes for those who take rigorous courses, and these estimated effects are often larger for disadvantaged youth and students attending disadvantaged schools. (Contains 23 notes, 6 tables, and 5 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10