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National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1980
The Teacher Comments study is available in a machine-readable data file that is part of the High School and Beyond (HSB) Class of 1980 Survey, administered in 1980 to a national sample of over 30,000 sophomores and 28,000 seniors from 1,015 high schools in the United States. This file contains data in two subfiles: (1) the sophomore teachers'…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, College Bound Students, Databases, Disabilities
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1984
The Parent Survey of High School and Beyond is a study of the parents of 1980 high school seniors and sophomores in the United States conducted in 1980 as part of a national study of these cohorts of students which was intended to follow them through their early adulthood. The revised machine-readable data file (MRDF) Parent Analysis File (PAF)…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Career Choice, Databases, Educational Attainment
Download full textNational Opinion Research Center, Chicago, IL. – 1980
High School and Beyond is a national longitudinal study of the cohorts of 1980 high school seniors and sophomores in the United States, intended to provide information through the early adulthood of these students. The Language File contains data on each student who responded that he or she had experience in a language other than English in the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Databases, English (Second Language), Grade 10
Berger, Frances R.; Berger, Raymond M. – 1977
The Air Force Vocational Interest-Career Examination (VOICE) was standardized on a sample of 12,000 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students, to calibrate the instrument with respect to the total Air Force applicant pool. Separate norms were developed for subsamples identified by school grade, sex, racial background, and geographic area. Major tasks…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Data Analysis, Geographic Regions, Grade 10
Bullock, Charles S., III – 1976
Research reported here deals with 5,800 Georgia high school students' racial attitudes. Data were collected using a paper and pencil survey instrument administered to blacks and whites in 28 schools. A total of 21 independent variables were selected through an extensive literature search and used in the analysis. These were grouped into four…
Descriptors: Bias, Black Students, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context
Marsh, Herbert W. – 1990
Growth during the last 2 years of high school was examined in public and Catholic high schools using data from the High School and Beyond database--a large, nationally representative study. Earlier research was extended by considering: (1) affective variables (e.g., self-concept, locus of control), academic choices (e.g., course selection), and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Catholic Schools
Kimble, John W.; And Others – 1976
The Stanford Achievement Test was administered to 2,186 of the 47,045 Montana high school students to analyze whether or not school size is important in determining student achievement, and to analyze factors that affect student achievement and whether those factors vary by school size. The sample included 1,311 sophomores and 875 seniors. To…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection
PDF pending restorationRussell, C. Neil; And Others – 1978
This survey examines post-secondary plans, aspirations, and characteristics of twelfth grade students in order to develop a medium range enrollment forecasting model of postsecondary education and to develop a data base on high school student aspirations. The survey is the third year of a three-year project undertaken in Manitoba, Canada.…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Career Choice, College Attendance, College Bound Students
DRABICK, LAWRENCE W. – 1963
THREE FACETS OF THE VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE STUDENT WERE STUDIED--(1) HIS EDUCATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL ASPIRATIONS AND EXPECTATIONS, (2) THE RELATIONSHIP OF HIS PLANS TO SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS, AND (3) THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HIS PLANS AND THE PLANS OF OTHER STUDENTS. THE SAMPLE CONSISTED OF ALL MALE SENIOR STUDENTS IN 11 NEGRO AND 12 WHITE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agricultural Education, Aspiration, Career Choice
International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, Stockholm (Sweden).
In 1965 the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) inaugurated a cross-national survey of achievement in six subjects: Science, Reading Comprehension, Literature, English as a Foreign Language, French as a Foreign Language, and Civic Education. The overall aim of the project was to use international tests in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Bound Students, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences. – 2002
This teacher resource guide is an instructional resource for these three separate courses: exploring education careers, elementary school teacher assistant, and elementary school teaching internship. (Exploring education careers is designed as a field-based internship that provides students a background knowledge of child and adolescent…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Denver Univ., CO. Denver Research Inst. – 1988
This federally-funded project developed computer-based simulations in the area of job-related social skills for youth, ages 16-21, who are handicapped and are in transition between school and work (i.e., high school juniors and seniors). This population included students with learning disabilities, mild retardation, and emotional disturbances. The…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Criticism, Curriculum Development, Emotional Disturbances
Taylor, Alison – 2003
In 2000, a government-supported foundation called Careers the Next Generation (CNG) in Alberta, Canada, began coordinating summer internships for high school students in information and computer technology (ICT). The participating firms represented a mix of large and small private and public organizations in high-tech and other industries in the…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Grade 11
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Direct linkRyan, Erica Clare – International Education Journal, 2004
In this paper, factors that influence academic achievement and self-concept of Year 12 students in their final year of schooling at a Catholic co-educational school in Adelaide, Australia were investigated. The study hypothesised there were differences in attitudes and academic performance due to prior schooling experiences, sex, home experiences,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Parents, Foreign Countries, School Policy
Educational Testing Service, Washington, DC. – 1980
A project examined the effectiveness of the Youth Career Development (YCD) Demonstration in facilitating the school-to-work transition of high school seniors. The evaluation involved a 1755-student test group and a 1684-student control group from 30 sites funded by six delivery agents (National Urban League, National Council of Negro Women, SER…
Descriptors: Blacks, Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship
