scholarly journals National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988: Second Follow-up: Student Component Data File User's Manual

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven J. Ingels ◽  
Kathryn L. Dowd ◽  
John D. Baldridge ◽  
James L. Stipe ◽  
Virginia H. Bartot ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Data File ◽  
National Education ◽  
National Education Longitudinal Study ◽  
Education Longitudinal Study

When Public School “Choice” Is Not Academic: Findings From the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988

1992 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren A. Sosniak ◽  
Corinna A. Ethington
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Public School ◽  
School Choice ◽  
Empirical Test ◽  
National Education ◽  
National Education Longitudinal Study ◽  
Public School Choice ◽  
Education Longitudinal Study ◽  
Principles Of Practice

Public schools of choice are fast becoming part of national educational debate and practice. This article presents an empirical test of the claim that choice encourages something other than standardized education. We draw our data from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988. Our analyses center on questions at the heart of curriculum studies: What knowledge is of most worth and what principles of practice govern work with curricular content? Using multiple measures of curriculum content and of the procedures governing work with that content, we find little support for the argument that public school choice, as currently implemented, is an inventive mechanism for altering the academic lives of students and teachers.

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