School Sorting and Disclosure: Disclosure to Families as a School Reform Strategy. Part I: Existing Practices and the Social Interests in School Information Disclosure.

Friedman, Lee S.; Sugarman, Stephen D.

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Publication Date: 1988

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School Sorting and Disclosure: Disclosure to Families as a School Reform Strategy. Part I: Existing Practices and the Social Interests in School Information Disclosure.

Friedman, Lee S.; Sugarman, Stephen D.

Journal of Law and Education, v17 n1 p53-89 Win 1988

Interviews with more than 100 persons from seven diverse California school districts revealed a lack of formal information disclosure about the matching of particular students with teachers, courses, grade levels, and schools. Discusses information disclosure benefits in terms of informed choice and the citizen's right to know. (MLF)

Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Disclosure, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Repetition, Parent School Relationship, Public Schools, School Law, School Policy, Teacher Placement, Transfer Students

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