High Schools That Work: Findings from the 1996 and 1998 Assessments

by Pamela Frome, Research Triangle Institute - April 2001

This report shows that in a two-year period between 1996 and 1998, High Schools That Work sites significantly increased the percentages of students in their senior classes who met the HSTW achievement goals in mathematics, science and reading and the percentages of students in their senior classes who completed the HSTW-recommended program of study. The report was prepared by the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) of Research Triangle Park, N.C., for the U.S. Department of Education, Planning and Evaluation Service. It contains many tables and appendices based on the data.

Keywords: School improvement, High Schools That Work Assessment, HSTW Key Practices, student achievement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), student indicators, teacher indicators

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