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ERIC Number: ED280169
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987-Feb
Pages: 45
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
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Graduate Follow-Up Studies: Why Bother?
Harris, Cameron
This report emphasizes the rationale for and procedures of a high school graduate follow-up telephone survey in Hampton, Virginia, conducted on classes of even-numbered years. The survey instrument and charts of results from 1982-86 comprise over three-fourths of the document. The follow-up survey was initiated to gather information for a school district program evaluation system. The survey occurs during Christmas holidays, drawing former students from random samples. Data use is categorized by location of students, program quality checks, trend data, and public relations. Trained callers ask questions which will elicit information to be used for longitudinal analysis and for application to currently evaluated programs, including the state competency program. In 1984, respondents were asked to "grade" aspects of school programs from "A" to "F," instead of using previous responses of "excellent,""average," and "poor"; as a result, data collection was improved. Telephone survey offers the opportunity to clarify data and to include an open response section about suggested school improvements. Student background information, already contained in school data processing records, is not needed. Callers code data according to the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Two-year comparison data are used frequently for program planning. Changes are not now anticipated, other than to expand the survey to follow up students from previous surveys. (CJH)
Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Hampton City Schools, VA.
Identifiers - Location: Virginia
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