NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Audience
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 1 to 15 of 16 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Jude Schwalbach – Education Next, 2024
Open enrollment in public schools is a form of school choice that allows students to attend schools other than the one assigned to them by their school district. Though often less visible than policies such as charter schools, vouchers, and education savings accounts, K-12 open enrollment is rising in popularity across the nation, and 73 percent…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Open Enrollment, Public Schools, School Choice
John Morris – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of open access policies for Advanced Placement (AP) courses on student participation and performance, particularly focusing on minority and low-income students in a rural school district in Central Florida. The study addressed significant barriers to equitable access to AP courses, including…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Opportunities, Advanced Placement Programs, College Credits
Pendergrass, Susan – EdChoice, 2023
Open enrollment is a form of school choice that gives families the opportunity to choose an educational setting or school within the public school system that is best for their children. In U.S. public school districts, students typically must attend the school that is in their neighborhood and often do not have a choice of attending a different…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Districts, Educational Policy, Open Enrollment
Wixom, Micah Ann – Education Commission of the States, 2019
Open enrollment is a form of school choice allowing students to select and transfer to a school of their choice, rather than attending a school based on where they live. Students may be allowed to transfer to another school within their resident school district (intradistrict) or to a school in another district (interdistrict). Some state leaders…
Descriptors: Open Enrollment, School Choice, Transfer Policy, Transfer Students
Texas Education Agency, 2023
This report provides information on enrollment in the Texas public school system from the 2012-13 through 2022-23 school years, based on data collected through the Texas Student Data System. Enrollment data are provided by grade, race/ethnicity, gender, and economically disadvantaged status, and for instructional programs, nontraditional school…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Enrollment, Racial Differences, Ethnicity
Texas Education Agency, 2022
This report provides information on enrollment in the Texas public school system from the 2011-12 through 2021-22 school years, based on data collected through the Texas Student Data System. Enrollment data are provided by grade, race/ethnicity, gender, and economically disadvantaged status, and for instructional programs, nontraditional school…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Enrollment, Racial Differences, Ethnicity
Texas Education Agency, 2021
This report provides information on enrollment in the Texas public school system from the 2010-11 through 2020-21 school years, based on data collected through the Texas Student Data System. Enrollment data are provided by grade, race/ethnicity, gender, and economically disadvantaged status, and for instructional programs, nontraditional school…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Enrollment, Racial Differences, Ethnicity
Texas Education Agency, 2020
This report provides information on enrollment in the Texas public school system from the 2009-10 through 2019-20 school years, based on data collected through the Texas Student Data System. Enrollment data are provided by grade, race/ethnicity, gender, and economically disadvantaged status, and for instructional programs, nontraditional school…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Enrollment, Racial Differences, Ethnicity
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kester, Jessica; Block, Rebecca; Karda, Margaret Reinfeld; Orndoff, Harold, III – Across the Disciplines, 2016
Today, and historically, the presence of WAC/WID programs in the community college setting remains anemic when compared to Ph.D.-granting institutions. This fact is particularly troubling considering the AAC&U's research on high-impact practices and its correlation with WAC/WID theory and practice. This article empirically investigates the…
Descriptors: Writing Across the Curriculum, Content Area Writing, Community Colleges, Educational Practices
Carpenter, Dick M., II – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2009
Most discussions of charter schools assume that they are monolithic. While the media, researchers, and policymakers are obsessed with comparing charters to traditional public schools, there's been little interest in comparing different types of charter schools to one another--until now. This study--the first of its kind--categorizes the nation's…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Classification, Institutional Characteristics, Enrollment
Henderson, Leon N., Jr. – 1982
In 1982, a study was conducted to assess the open door philosophy operating in Florida's community colleges and changes in the policy from 1957 to 1981. Fourteen political and educational leaders were interviewed and asked to: (1) describe the original purposes of the open door philosophy and the factors behind its establishment; (2) assess the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Change, Community Colleges, Educational Opportunities
Perry, William G. – Florida Vocational Journal, 1978
In Florida, Collier County Area Vocational-Technical Center's admissions policy for vocational programs admits all students who are prepared to learn, identifies those who require compensatory instruction, and channels both into appropriate programs by determining each student's reading achievement level and comparing it to the difficulty level of…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Compensatory Education, Open Enrollment, Postsecondary Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Spain, Frank H. – College and University, 1987
Florida's mandate of open enrollment for the community colleges and maintenance of the state universities as a limited access system is examined from the perspectives of its origins, perpetuation, problems, and the need for articulation. (MSE)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Articulation (Education), College Administration, College Admission
Law, Bill, Ed. – 1976
This document contains seventeen presentations delivered at the ninth annual meeting of the Florida Statewide Conference on Institutional Research. Part one contains: (1) "Your Legislative Session--1976"; (2) "Equal Access/Equal Opportunity: Institutions, Students, Politics, and Fairness"; (3) "The Impact of the Equal…
Descriptors: Accountability, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conference Reports, Educational Legislation
Pitter, Gita Wijesinghe; LeMon, R. E. – 1991
This paper explores and analyzes the increase in limited access programs at institutions in the Florida state higher education system and the conflict this increase poses to commitments to increased educational opportunity. An introductory section poses the problem by describing the rise of limited access programs due to increasing enrollments,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Community Colleges
Previous Page | Next Page ยป
Pages: 1  |  2