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Melguizo, Tatiana – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2010
The study takes advantage of the nontraditional selection process of the Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) program to test the association between selectivity of 4-year institution attended as well as other noncognitive variables on the college completion rates of a sample of students of color. The results of logistic regression and propensity score…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Scholarships, Cohort Analysis
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Kirshner, Ben; Gaertner, Matthew; Pozzoboni, Kristen – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2010
Although closure is an increasingly common response to the problems of chronically underperforming urban schools, few studies have examined the effect of closure on displaced students. The authors used multiple methods to study the academic performance and experiences of Latino and African American high school students in the year following the…
Descriptors: School Closing, Academic Achievement, High School Students, Hispanic American Students