Date of Graduation

2001

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Type

EdD

College

College of Education and Human Services

Department

Public Administration

Committee Chair

Michael Cunningham

Committee Co-Chair

Teresa Eagle

Committee Member

Ernest Goeres

Committee Member

Ed Jacobs

Committee Member

Norma Winter

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between secondary schools' participation in school-to-work activities and a given school's attendance rate, dropout rate, graduation rate, college going rate, and achievement test results as perceived by the school principal and measured by the School-to-Work Perceptual Inventory. The population of the study consisted of principals of schools in the United States with a grade configuration of 9–12 (N = 11,529) (Market Data Retrieval, personal communication, April 3, 2001). The sample consisted of 400 principals selected at random by Market Data Retrieval (n = 400). Overall, 214 (53.5%) surveys were returned. The results indicated that there was a significant statistical relationship between participating in school-to-work activities and attendance rates, college-going rates, graduation rates, and achievement test results, as perceived by school principals. There was not a significant statistical relationship, as observed by principals, between participating in school-to-work activities and dropout rates.

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