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Download full textDesigns for Change, Chicago, IL. – 1985
Chicago Public Schools, spending more than its $1.5 billion a year budget, has defined its first obligation as producing graduates who can read well. This study assesses how well the school system is succeeding by examining roughly 39,500 students who were ninth graders in fall 1980 and should have graduated in spring 1984. Statistics were used to…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Educational Change, Grade 9, Longitudinal Studies
Moore, Donald R.; Davenport, Suzanne – 1988
The results of a 2-year study examining the ways that four major urban school systems (New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Boston) sort students into different schools, tracks, ability groups, and grade levels are summarized in this report. The study looked carefully at the effects of these sorting practices on low-income, minority, limited…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Classification, Dropout Rate, Grade Repetition
