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May 5 High School Research Forum
On May 5, 2005, Learning Point Associates and the Institute of Education Sciences hosted a meeting, "Research on Improving High Schools: A Forum for Advancing the Research Agenda." The purpose of the meeting was to frame a research agenda that links high school reform to student achievement using rigorous research. Ultimately, the goal from this conference is to provide policymakers and practitioners with research-based practices to improve the quality of high school education. Materials from the conference are available through the links listed below:
- Agenda (Adobe® Reader® PDF 100 KB)
- Conference papers: Review of the Research (Adobe Reader PDF 240 KB)
- Conference papers: High School Completion and College Readiness Rates (Adobe Reader PDF 407 KB)
- Conference papers: Structural Reforms (Adobe Reader PDF 498 KB)
- Conference papers: Programmatic Reforms (Adobe Reader PDF 487 KB)
- Conference papers: Transitions (Adobe Reader PDF 582 KB)
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