Magnet School Attractions [microform] : Magnet Schools Assistance Program, 1985-86. Executive Summary / Margie L. Gaines
- Bib ID:
- 5480094
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Gaines, Margie L
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED282966
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1986
- 30 p.
- Summary:
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A program to expand and improve magnet schools in the Austin Independent School District (AISD) was funded by the U.S. Department of Education in 1985-1986. Results of the program were: (1) increased and more stable enrollments in magnet elementary schools; (2) large achievement gains in reading, mathematics and science for students in a high school science magnet program; (3) increased enrollment at a magnet desegregated high school; (4) less overcrowding in nonmagnet elementary schools; (5) an increase in the number of students enrolled in honors courses at the magnet high school; and (6) positive student evaluations of the magnet science academy. Program outcomes which caused some concern were: (1) a transfer policy which restricted the acceptance of many students to the magnet foreign language program; (2) the lack of applications from minorities and females in the science program on par with their representation in the district; and (3) the lack of significant progress in developing a science magnet curriculum at the elementary school level. This report provides graphic presentations of statistical data including allocation of the grant and details of per pupil expenditures. (VM)
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- Sponsoring Agency: Department of Education, Washington, DC.
- ERIC Note: For related document, see UD 025 573.
- Educational level discussed: Elementary Secondary Education.
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- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation
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- ERIC
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