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Abstract Details
Activity Number:
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176
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Monday, August 1, 2011 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Social Statistics Section
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Abstract - #303320 |
Title:
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Dropout Factories and College Enrollment: How School-Level Rates of On-Time Grade Promotion Affect Matriculation
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Author(s):
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Thomas Christopher West*+
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Companies:
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University of Delaware
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Address:
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1015 Christina Mill Drive, Newark, DE, 19711,
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Keywords:
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administrative data ;
applied ;
secondary education ;
postsecondary education ;
education ;
grade retention
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Abstract:
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By utilizing Promoting Power as a school-level contextual variable, this study examines the relationship between school rates of on-time promotion and student matriculation. Specifically, this study uses a two-level hierarchical general linear model (HGLM) analytic design to identify significant student- and school-based factors that predict college enrollment behavior among U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics' Education Longitudinal Study (ELS) of 2002 participants. In both the two- and four-year enrollment HGLM models, Promoting Power was found to significantly increase the likelihood of student matriculation, with the effect more pronounced for two-year enrollment.
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