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ERIC Number: EJ665366
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0038-0407
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The Winner-Take-All High School: Organizational Adaptations to Educational tratification.
Attewell, Paul
Sociology of Education, v74 n4 p267-95 Oct 2001
Explores how the focus on class rank has affected students from star public high schools, creating a disadvantage when students try to enter elite colleges. Explains a new approach, "winner-take-all," being utilized in high schools in which schools focus on the top students. Includes references. (CMK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs, Class Rank, College Admission, Educational Research, Equal Education, High School Students, High Schools, Higher Education, Secondary Education, Selective Admission
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Note: Sociology of Education is a refereed journal.