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Bachman, Jerald G.; And Others – 1967
This first volume of a planned series summarizes the first 2 years of a 6 year longitudinal study of about 2,200 tenth grade boys in public schools. The broad purposes were to study the student and his changes, plans, and behavior. "Conceptual Framework and Purposes" presents a conceptual framework that views the major criterion areas of growth…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Environmental Research, Grade 10, Institutional Research
Bachman, Jerald G.; Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick, M. – 2001
This occasional paper updates and extends earlier papers in the Monitoring the Future project. It provides a detailed description of the project's design, including sampling design; data collection procedures; measurement content; and questionnaire format. It attempts to include sufficient information for others who wish to evaluate the results,…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Grade 10, Grade 12, Grade 8
Anderson, Barry D.; Tissier, Ronald M. – 1972
A need to provide more data about the impact of schools on children in terms of manipulable variables prompted an examination of the relationship between school organization and student aspirations for further education. A causal model is examined which would enable investigation of the mechanism by which school contexts could alter aspiration.…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Bureaucracy, Educational Environment, Educational Policy
Kilbane, Marian T. – 1972
This paper describes the development of the Survey of Pupil Opinion, an attitude-assessment instrument adapted to the reading and "palatability" levels of high school students in compensatory programs. An initial pool of 100 items assumed to reflect "attitude toward school" was reduced to a 30-item instrument. Results revealed that, for each of…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Compensatory Education, Dropouts, Factor Analysis
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Scott, Leslie A.; Ingels, Steven J. – 1992
The longitudinal analysis population of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) is used to produce descriptive findings about the transition to high school of eighth grade students. An overview summarizes some of the policy issues of the study and sketches the research design and samples. First, longitudinal data are used to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Selection (Students), Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Jones, Calvin; And Others – 1983
This report summarizes and documents the major technical aspects of the High School and Beyond First Follow-Up survey. Student data were collected (through questionnaires and tests) from samples of the 1980 High School and Beyond Base Year survey sophomore and senior cohorts, and school data from administrators. High school transcripts for a…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Cohort Analysis, Enrollment, Federal Programs