Effects of academic career magnet education on high schools and their graduates

This document reports on a body of research that evaluated career magnet high schools in which students are recruited with the offer of college preparation along with an introduction to a particular career. Researchers evaluated school records data to identify effective and problematic strategies, surveyed graduates from both career magnet and comprehensive schools, and analysed life history data gathered from interviews with graduates. The aim was to evaluate program outcomes in comparison with those of comprehensive high schools and address two questions: does the career magnet model contrib ... Show more

Authors: Crain, Robert L.; Allen, Anna; Thaler, Robert; Sullivan, Debora ... [+] Show more

Corporate authors: National Center for Research in Vocational Education (U.S.) (NCRVE)

Published: Berkeley, California, NCRVE, 1999

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: 134 p.

Access item: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED428295 Request Item from NCVER

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Subjects: DisadvantagedOutcomesPerformanceResearchInnovationSecondary educationEmploymentStudentsVocational education and trainingTeaching and learningEvaluationGovernance

Keywords: Outcomes of education and trainingComparative analysisEducational innovationTransition from education and training to employmentGraduatesVocational preparationProgram evaluationEducation and training reform

Geographic subjects: North AmericaUnited States

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