RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Report Analysis: Public and Private Schools
JF Harvard Educational Review
JO herp
FD Harvard Educational Press
SP 481
OP 482
DO 10.17763/haer.51.4.p51771k3r01k140h
VO 51
IS 4
A1 Levenson, Marya
A1 Terkla, Dawn Geronimo
YR 1981
UL http://harvardeducationalreview.org/content/51/4/481.abstract
AB In 1980 the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) commissioned five papers on the data produced by High School and Beyond, a 1980 longitudinal study of 58,728 students in 1,016 high schools. One of these papers, Public and Private Schools, by James Coleman, Thomas Hoffer, and Sally Kilgore, presents new data on private and public schooling. Currently in draft form, the final version of the report is scheduled to be submitted this fall to the National Center for Education Statistics.1 In the interim,the authors' interpretation of the data and their recommendations for policy directions have initiated a highly publicized and controversial national debate.