Effects of High Schools on Their Students

摘要: Few people doubt that there are good and bad high schools, or high-school quality is related in some way to characteristics. Yet findings from studies of effectiveness have not been consistent. Using data Project Talent, Christopher Jencks Marsha Brown show earlier inconsistent because comprehensive schools rarely consistent effects on test scores, eventual educational attainment, occupational status. Moreover, the authors find few relationships between characteristics any measure effectiveness. From these findings, they argue that, at least for whites, changes like teacher experience, class size, social composition unlikely change effectiveness, holding accountable one outcome guarantee another. They also equalization would do little reduce inequality amo...