Search Results - "Lee, Valerie E."

Using Hierarchical Linear Modeling to Study Social Contexts: The Case of School Effects by Lee, Valerie E.

“…This article focuses on a particular educational context, the school, and how characteristics of the structure and organization of high schools influence…”
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Dropping out of high school: the role of school organization and structure by Lee, Valerie E, Burkam, David T

“…In this study, the authors explore how high schools, through their structures and organization, may influence students' decisions to stay in school or drop…”
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School Resources and Academic Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa by Lee, Valerie E., Zuze, Tia Linda

“…We investigate links between students’ achievement and several resource inputs in African primary schools, using data from the 2000 Southern and Eastern Africa…”
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School size in Chicago elementary schools: Effects on teachers' attitudes and students' achievement by Lee, Valerie E, Loeb, Susanna

“…The authors resume: "This study explores whether teachers and students are influenced by the size of the ... school to which they belong. Focusing on teachers'…”
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Explaining Girls’ Advantage in Kindergarten Literacy Learning: Do Classroom Behaviors Make a Difference? by Ready, Douglas D., LoGerfo, Laura F., Burkam, David T., Lee, Valerie E.

“…This study investigated gender differences in kindergarteners’ literacy skills, specifically, whether differences in children’s classroom behaviors explained…”
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Social-Class Differences in Summer Learning between Kindergarten and First Grade: Model Specification and Estimation by Burkam, David T., Ready, Douglas D., Lee, Valerie E., LoGerfo, Laura F.

“…Sociologists suggest that children from socially advantaged families continue to learn during the summer, whereas children from disadvantaged families learn…”
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Full‐Day versus Half‐Day Kindergarten: In Which Program Do Children Learn More? by Lee, Valerie E., Burkam, David T., Ready, Douglas D., Honigman, Joann, Meisels, Samuel J.

“…Do children learn more in full‐day kindergartens than half‐day programs? If full‐day kindergarten increases learning, are kindergartners in some schools…”
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College Preparatory Curriculum for All: Academic Consequences of Requiring Algebra and English I for Ninth Graders in Chicago by Allensworth, Elaine, Nomi, Takako, Montgomery, Nicholas, Lee, Valerie E.

“…There is a national movement to universalize the high school curriculum so that all students graduate prepared for college. The present work evaluates a policy…”
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Effects of High-School Size on Student Outcomes:Response to Howley and Howley by Lee, Valerie E.

“…I take issue with several points in the Howleys' reanalysis (Vol. 12 No. 52 of this journal) of "High School Size: Which Works Best and for Whom?" (Lee &…”
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School Grade Span and Kindergarten Learning by Burkam, David T., Michaels, Deborah L., Lee, Valerie E.

“…Using a nationally representative sample of over 12,000 children and nearly 750 schools from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study—kindergarten cohort and…”
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Social Capital and Dropping Out of High School: Benefits to At-Risk Students of Teachers' Support and Guidance by Croninger, Robert G, Lee, Valerie E

“…Used data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study to examine whether teachers provide students with social capital and whether that social capital…”
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The Culture of Sexual Harassment in Secondary Schools by Lee, Valerie E., Croninger, Robert G., Linn, Eleanor, Chen, Xianglei

“…This study investigates the frequency, severity, and consequences of sexual harassment in American secondary schools, using 1993 survey data from a nationally…”
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U.S. High School Curriculum: Three Phases of Contemporary Research and Reform by Lee, Valerie E., Ready, Douglas D.

“…Valerie Lee and Douglas Ready explore the influences of the high school curriculum on student learning and the equitable distribution of that learning by race…”
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Catholic Schools and the Common Good by Bryk, Anthony S

“…It is generally agreed that students (especially those from minority and disadvantaged backgrounds) are better educated in Catholic high schools than in public…”
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High School Size: Which Works Best and for Whom? by Lee, Valerie E., Smith, Julia B.

“…The study described in this article investigates the relationship between high school size and student learning. We used three waves of data from NELS:88 and…”
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A Mixed-Method Study of Teachers' Attitudes About Teaching in Urban and Low-Income Schools by Halvorsen, Anne-Lise, Lee, Valerie E., Andrade, Fernando H.

“…This multimethod study investigates the attitudes teachers in urban and low-income schools have about teaching early elementary students. The authors examine…”
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Social Support and Achievement for Young Adolescents in Chicago: The Role of School Academic Press by Lee, Valerie E., Smith, Julia B.

“…This study explores whether the social support that young adolescents may draw on for their academic activities is related to how much they learn in…”
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Reforming Chicago's High Schools: Research Perspectives on School and System Level Change by Lee, Valerie E., Ed

“…This collection of papers describes research on school and system level change in Chicago's high schools. Papers include "Introduction: Setting Chicago High…”
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Effects of Monotone and Nonmonotone Attrition on Parameter Estimates in Regression Models with Educational Data: Demographic Effects on Achievement, Aspirations, and Attitudes by Burkam, David T., Lee, Valerie E.

“…Using the High School and Beyond longitudinal study, we investigate the participation patterns across four waves of data. Because nonrespondents from one wave…”
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Choice, Equity, and the Schools-within-Schools Reform by Ready, Douglas D, Lee, Valerie E

“…Background/Context: There is general agreement that most public high schools should be smaller than they are. Although the small-schools movement attracts…”
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