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ERIC Number: ED276755
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985-Aug
Pages: 68
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
The DoDDS Class of 1982: Characteristics of Students Remaining in the Same High School, 1980-1982.
Shavelson, Richard J.
The Department of Defense Dependent Schools (DoDDS) is a unified school district operating schools in 20 foreign countries. As part of its efforts to assess the educational and social development of its students, DoDDS participated in the longitudinal study, High School and Beyond. The purpose of the present study was to describe those DoDDS sophomores who had stayed in the same high school over the two-year period 1980-1982. The overall pattern of findings paralleled those in the wider high school population. Four conclusions emerge from the analyses: (1) the data are very limited and generalizations have limited utility; (2) the students who stayed in the same high school differed significantly from those who left; (3) the pattern of relations between stayers' characteristics (such as gender, race, socioeconomic status) and cognitive test performance, employment, and plans for college are similar to the patterns reported for high school students at large; and (4) data on time spent on homework and time spent watching television suggest that DoDDS officials might consider policies that increase the homework. An appendix lists the definitions of the variables used in various analyses. (JAZ)
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management and Personnel (DOD), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Rand Corp., Santa Monica, CA.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A