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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Sattin-Bajaj, Carolyn – Journal of School Choice, 2014
This article examines the high school search activities, choices, and final assignments of academically similar, but ethnically and socioeconomically different, eighth-grade students attending one New York City middle school. Despite being comparable candidates for admission to academically competitive high schools, the middle-class children of…
Descriptors: School Choice, High Schools, Educational Quality, Socioeconomic Status
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Plucker, Jonathan A.; Makel, Matthew C.; Rapp, Kelly E. – Journal of School Choice, 2007
This study compares achievement levels for high ability students attending charter schools and students in traditional public schools in Georgia. Researchers examined student achievement (as assessed by the state's Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests) using three comparison groups: students in the closest traditional schools with similar grade…
Descriptors: Traditional Schools, Charter Schools, School Restructuring, Academically Gifted