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National Forum on Education Statistics, 2020
The "Forum Guide to Exit Codes" provides an updated taxonomy for exit codes, information on best practices related to exit coding, and case studies that highlight different education agencies' approaches to and experiences with exit coding. In 2006, the Forum addressed the need for a voluntary, common format for tracking data about when…
Descriptors: Coding, Taxonomy, Best Practices, State Departments of Education
Nzuki, Charles Kyalo – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The effects of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) and the Free Secondary Education Policy (FSEP) on access to secondary school education in Kenya's Yatta sub-county have not been adequately explored in available public policy literature. Hence, this qualitative multiple-case study was designed to understand the effects of the 2 policies on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Access to Education, Qualitative Research
Villavicencio, Adriana; Marinell, William H. – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2014
For decades, New York City's high school graduation rates hovered at or below 50 percent. In attempt to turn around these disappointing results, the NYC Department of Education enacted a series of large-scale reforms, including opening hundreds of new "small schools of choice" (SSCs). Recent research by MDRC has shown that these schools…
Descriptors: High Schools, Urban Schools, Small Schools, School Effectiveness
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Jiang, Suhang; Williams, Adrienne E.; Warschauer, Mark; He, Wenliang; O'Dowd, Diane K. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
There is concern that online education may widen the achievement gap between students from different socioeconomic classes. The recent discussion of integrating massive open online courses (MOOCs) into formal higher education has added fuel to this debate. In this study, factors influencing enrollment and completion in a pre-college preparatory…
Descriptors: Biology, Secondary School Science, College Preparation, High School Students