The Effects of a Middle School Magnet Program on Eighth Grade Student Performance

Magnet schools were developed in the early 1970s when a large number of urban school districts began seeking alternatives to court-ordered desegregation mandates (Levine and Steel, 1994). Since that time, numerous studies have been conducted on the effectiveness of magnet schools in providing a rac...

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Main Author: Shepherd, Marie Norfleet
Other Authors: Educational Administration
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30498
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-3798-19154/