ERIC Number: ED303532
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1988
Pages: 65
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High School Graduate Follow-Up Report, June 1987 Graduates.
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford.
This report covers the October 1987 educational and career postsecondary activities of the June 1987 graduates from 145 Connecticut local public high schools (136 comprehensive high schools, 6 alternative high schools, and 3 endowed and incorporated academies) and 105 nonpublic high schools, and the February 1988 activities of the June 1987 graduates from the 17 regional vocational-technical schools (RVTS). Summary findings include the following: (1) the number of 1987 high school graduates increased two percent over 1986; (2) the highest percentage of high school graduates ever continued their educations, and the highest percentage ever went to four-year colleges and universities; (3) the number and percentage of graduates entering careers declined; (4) minority representation among graduates decreased; and (5) there were substantial differences by race in after-graduation education and career activities. Statistical data are included on 10 graphs and 9 tables. The appendices include the following tables of statistical data: (1) summary data for 1987 local public high schools, vocational-technical schools, and nonpublic schools; (2) 1987 state profiles for high school, public high school, nonpublic high school, and vocational-technical school graduates; (3) the October activities of the June 1987 public high school, nonpublic high school, and vocational-technical school graduates; and (4) the October higher education activities of the June 1987 public and nonpublic high school graduates. (FMW)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Employment, Equivalency Tests, High School Equivalency Programs, High School Graduates, High School Students, High Schools, Minority Groups, Nontraditional Education, Postsecondary Education, Private Schools, Public Schools, Racial Differences, Statistical Analysis, Unemployment, Vocational Schools
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data
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Audience: Policymakers; Researchers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford.
Identifiers - Location: Connecticut
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: General Educational Development Tests
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