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Effects of Socioeconomic Factors on Public High School Outcomes and Rankings.
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Toutkoushian, Robert K.; Curtis, Taylor – Journal of Educational Research, 2005
The authors used data on public high schools in New Hampshire to demonstrate how the socioeconomic status (SES) of the district can help explain variations in students' average standardized test scores and college-attendance rates and subsequent rankings of schools within states. The authors show how states can use multiple-outcome measures to…
Descriptors: High Schools, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement
Relationships of Graduation Requirements and Course Offerings to Scholastic Aptitude Test Performance of Seniors in High Schools.
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Sinha, David K. – Journal of Educational Research, 1986
The relationships between two curriculum variables (graduation requirements and course offerings in various subject areas) on performance on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) were studied among students in 150 comprehensive high schools. Results indicated that neither graduation requirements nor the number of course offerings bore a statistically…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Graduation Requirements, High School Seniors, High Schools