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Direct linkMacFarland, Anne M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this two-group descriptive efficacy study was to explore the relationship between school configuration and academic and non-academic outcomes of sixth grade elementary students compared to academic and non-academic outcomes of sixth grade middle school students. The independent variable is the school configuration. Group 1 includes…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Grade 6, Outcomes of Education
Peer reviewedGleich-Bope, Deborah – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2014
Truancy laws have an interesting history in America. In the past, truancy laws were rarely enforced and resulted in the student's removal from school rather than troubleshooting the bigger issues that led to their absenteeism. Today, legislators are holding the families of truant students accountable and requiring school districts to keep a close…
Descriptors: Truancy, Attendance Patterns, Educational Legislation, Parent Responsibility
Balfanz, Robert; Byrnes, Vaughan – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
America's education system is based on the assumption that barring illness or an extraordinary event, students are in class every weekday. So strong is this assumption that it is not even measured. It is the rare state education department, school district, or principal that can tell one how many students have missed 10% or more of the school year…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Average Daily Attendance, Educational Change, School Restructuring
Dick, Andrew D. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine possible relationships between participation in extracurricular activities and student achievement, participation in extracurricular activities and attendance, and participation in extracurricular activities and behavior. The setting for this study was a high school in western Nebraska. Data for 275 of the…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Socioeconomic Status, Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement
Cogswell, Curtis – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The 1997 Nebraska Legislature enacted Bill 806 to promote school consolidation, which legislators believed would lead schools to become more cost-efficient and provide a significantly larger curriculum. This legislative action begged the question: Has the move to consolidate schools made Nebraska schools more efficient while providing greater…
Descriptors: Small Schools, Rural Schools, Consolidated Schools, Graduation Rate
Download full textNebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, 2007
This report provides an estimate of college going rates by county for all 93 Nebraska counties for the high school graduating class of 2005-2006. Included are graduates of both public and private high schools. The report provides best-available data on graduates who attended Nebraska institutions (including public, independent, and for the first…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Postsecondary Education, State Schools
