A Quantitative Assessment of Skills and Competencies in Graduates of At-Risk High Schools

Autor/in	Williams, Charles Jerry, Jr.
Titel	A Quantitative Assessment of Skills and Competencies in Graduates of At-Risk High Schools
Quelle	(2012), (233 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ed.D. Dissertation, Walden University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-2672-4376-8
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; High School Graduates; Disadvantaged Schools; Career Readiness; Work Experience; Honors Curriculum; Tech Prep; Special Education; College Preparation; Graduate Surveys; Likert Scales + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Dualsystem; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Likert-Skala
Abstract	The willingness to work and a high school diploma were once all that was needed to start one's career. The problem is that on the twentieth anniversary of the reports by the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS), high school graduates may still lack what business and education leaders require for success in entry-level employment or post-secondary studies. The research question included understanding how prepared graduates from at-risk high schools are for post-secondary work or study. The study used a Likert-scaled survey to assess participant work readiness in 36 skill or competency areas. The sample consisted of recent graduates from three at-risk high schools in one school district. Graduate responses to the survey indicated that 64% were not work ready. Statistically, results were consistent with the SCANS report that indicated that 51% of all American high school graduates were underprepared. Pearson correlations were detected between the graduates' level of academic study (i.e., special education, tech-prep, college-prep, or honors) and work-readiness, and between pre-graduation work-experience and work-readiness. Implications for positive social change include improved graduate work readiness. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10