This study was conducted to determine if colleges achieve direct effects on students' chances of graduation from college in five years as a result of variation in their organizational structures. The contextual findings of the study are: (1) the general quality of educational resources has no impact on graduation chances; (2) faculty attention per…

An historical look at the French examination for the secondary school certificate. Its prestige, utility and relationship to higher education are discussed. (Text is in French.) (MLA)

Since 1960 Denver has operated a testing program designed to assure that high school graduates possess minimum competence in four basic areas--arithmetic, spelling, grammar, and reading comprehension. (Author/IRT)

Argues that a key question underlying competency-based education concerns what kinds of knowledge and skills are of significant social importance to society, and suggests that society's fundamental interests are in the education of politically and economically competent citizens. (Author/JG)

Describes a program at Gloucester County Vocational Technical School whose goal is to enable students to read for meaning and to select and perform computations appropriate to the problem. The ultimate goal is to improve their skills to a level that will enable them to reach their potential in the workplace. (JOW)

Discusses the changes needed in General Educational Development (GED) student instruction as a result of the new composition requirement in the GED test. Outlines techniques for teaching composition to GED students. (CH)

Recounts a teacher's speech to graduating seniors after they had spent four years as her students. (SRT)

Faced with increased graduation requirements in academic subjects, state vocational leaders in Virginia persuaded the state board of education to accept certain occupational preparation courses as substitutes for mathematics and science requirements. (SK)

A reinterpretation of student due process rights in a Mississippi court is reviewed. Public Law 94-142 is evaluated. A recent court decision found that if school systems allow nonhandicapped students to stay in school longer to complete graduation requirements they must also provide education for handicapped students through age 21. (MD)

The author argues that the successful completion of one secondary credit of shorthand or business communications instruction should be considered the equivalent of one secondary credit of English study and should thus count as the fulfillment of one credit of the English graduation requirement. (CT)

Examined the relationship between drug use and graduation among 526 high school students. Results indicated the majority of drug users dropped out, compared to only one of four non-drug users. In a multiple regression analysis, controlling for demographic, personal and family variables, the severity of drug use still predicted failure to graduate.…

The author provides a first-person account of what a citizen group accomplished when they mobilized against the Duval County (Florida) law that raised state graduation requirements for vocational education students. What the group achieved and hopes to achieve in the future is discussed. (CT)

Participants at a national conference on the school/college relationship make comments and recommendations in four areas: college admission policies, the role of testing in college admission, avenues for collaboration, and the impact of college admission standards on high school course enrollment. (MD)

Reports changes in high school graduation requirements in general and English requirements in particular and discusses in more detail the proposed changes in the grade 10 practical English curriculum (MM)

To determine the status of the Oregon Graduation Requirements Law and the directions being taken in its implementation, a site visit was made to Oregon and educators in a number of school districts were interviewed. Also, samples of curriculum guides and administrative reports were collected and studied. (Author)