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Examining school, student, and community correlates with workforce preparedness among Texas public high school students.

机译:检查学校,学生和社区与德克萨斯州公立高中学生的劳动力准备状况相关。

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Evidence suggests that American high school graduates are deficient in basic academic skills needed in the modern workforce. Billions of dollars in costs are accrued by businesses annually because of this deficiency. The intent of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the extent, if any, that various school, student, and community attributes relate to level of academic preparedness for the workforce among graduates of Texas public high schools. The independent variables were average class size, teachers' education level, teachers' average length of experience, school expenditure per student, local population level of education, and percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The dependent variable was the percentage of seniors who scored at or above a designated workforce-ready composite score on standardized academic tests. All data were obtained from government and private data archives. The study sample included all Texas public high schools for which sufficient data were available. The schools were segmented into five categories by size of enrollment: very large, large, medium, small, and very small. A logit transformation was applied to the dependent variable data before analysis. Percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch was found to have a significant negative correlation with workforce preparedness; the strongest was for very large schools, r (190) = -.70, p .001, and the weakest was for very small schools, r(237) = -.27, p .001. Additionally, the relationship of percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch with workforce preparedness was weaker for smaller schools than larger schools. Local population level of education showed a positive correlation for four school size categories. The strongest was again for the very large category, r(190) = .69, p .001, and the weakest was for medium-sized schools, r(81) = .40, p .001. Some recommendations from this study are that business leaders focus resources on providing educational mentors and role models for students. Recommendations for future study include replicating the study using data for high schools in other states, and examining the relationship of other independent variables, such as percentage of teachers who hold certifications, to workforce preparedness.
机译:有证据表明,美国高中毕业生缺乏现代劳动力所需的基本学术技能。由于这种缺陷,企业每年要累积数十亿美元的成本。这项定量相关研究的目的是研究德克萨斯州公立高中毕业生的各种学校,学生和社区属性与劳动力的学术准备水平之间的关联程度。独立变量是平均班级人数,教师教育水平,教师平均经验时长,每名学生的学校支出,当地人口的教育水平以及有资格获得免费或减价午餐的学生百分比。因变量是在标准化学术考试中得分达到或高于指定的劳动力就绪综合得分的老年人百分比。所有数据均来自政府和私人数据档案馆。该研究样本包括所有得克萨斯州有足够数据的公立中学。根据入学人数将学校分为五类:大,大,中,小和非常小。在分析之前,将对数变换应用于因变量数据。发现有资格享受免费或减价午餐的学生百分比与劳动力准备状况显着负相关;最强的是大型学校,r(190)= -.70,p <.001,最弱的是小型学校,r(237)= -.27,p <.001。此外,小学校比大学校弱有资格获得免费或减价午餐的学生百分比与劳动力准备的关系。当地的教育水平与四个学校规模类别呈正相关。对于最大类别,最强的是r(190)= .69,p <.001,对于中等规模的学校,最弱的是r(81)= .40,p <.001。这项研究的一些建议是,企业领导者应将资源集中在为学生提供教育指导和榜样上。对未来学习的建议包括使用其他州高中的数据来复制研究,并检查其他自变量(例如持有证书的教师的百分比)与劳动力准备之间的关系。

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  • 作者

    Chi, Maxwell.;

  • 作者单位

    Northcentral University.;

  • 授予单位 Northcentral University.;
  • 学科 Business Administration General.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2010
  • 页码 155 p.
  • 总页数 155
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
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  • 入库时间 2022-08-17 11:36:46

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