A Comparison of Dropout Rates: Regularly Admitted and Specially Admitted Students in a Specialized High School.

Murphy, Maureen Cartwright

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Publication Date: 1974

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A Comparison of Dropout Rates: Regularly Admitted and Specially Admitted Students in a Specialized High School

Murphy, Maureen Cartwright

Urban Education, 9, 2, 174-188, Jul 74

A situation has existed in the specialized high schools of New York City in which criteria for admission (the admissions test and the summer program) have been applied without any systematic determination of their validity: data from the present study suggest a more rational educational approach. (Author/JM)

Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Rate, High Schools, Open Enrollment, School Holding Power, Secondary School Science, Urban Schools, Vocational High Schools

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Identifiers - Location: New York

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