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Sewell, Eugene J. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The high school graduation rate in Tennessee has failed to meet the state required benchmark of 90%. The state graduation rate in 2003 was 76%, in 2004 it was 75.7%, 2005 it was 77.9%, and in 2006 it was 80.7%. The Tennessee State Department of Education is searching for effective methods to increase the graduation rate for Tennessee high schools.…
Descriptors: High Schools, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11
Noble, Julie; Sawyer, Richard – 1992
The purpose of the study was to compare two regression-based approaches for measuring educational effectiveness in Tennessee high schools: the mean residual approach (MR), and a more general linear models (LM) approach. Data were obtained from a sample of 1,011 students who were enrolled in 48 high schools, and who had taken the Comprehensive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change