Crain, R. L., Allen, A., Thaler, R., Sullivan, D., Zellman, G., Little, J. W., and Quigley, D. D. (1999). The Effects of Academic Career Magnet Education on High Schools and Their Graduates (MDS-779). Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, University of California.

Table of Contents

• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• CHAPTER 1: Introduction Robert L. Crain
  • The Programs and Our Studies
  • The Sites
  • The Schools
  • The Selection Process
  • Methodology for the Survey and Life History Studies
  • The Survey
  • Life History Interviews with 26 Graduates
  • Bias
  • References
• CHAPTER 2: Career Magnet Graduation Rates by Robert L. Crain And Robert Thaler
  • Looking for an Answer: Why the High Dropout/Low Graduation Rates?
  • What Kind of Students Are More Likely To Drop Out of Career Magnets?
  • Using the Lottery Experiments To Identify Traits of Programs with High and Low Graduation Rates
  • Analysis
  • Results
  • Conclusions
  • The Lottery and Accountability
  • Incentives and Independence: Career Magnets as Charters
  • The Seven-Year Curriculum
  • References
• CHAPTER 3: The Academic Effects of Career Magnets by Robert Thaler And Robert L. Crain
  • Methods and Data
  • Findings
  • Discussion and Conclusions
  • References
• CHAPTER 4: The Design of Career Magnet Programs and Students' Experience of High School by Debora Sullivan and Judith Warren Little
  • The "Magnet Advantage"
  • The Magnet Model
  • Curriculum and Pedagogy
  • Support for Student Achievement
  • How the Graduates Fared: High School Performance and Postsecondary Directions
  • References
  • Appendices
• CHAPTER 5: Career Magnet Schools: Effects on Student Behavior And Perceived Parental Support:
  Part One by Gail L. Zellman And Denise D. Quigley
  • Methodology
  • Model I: Predicting Institutional Effects
  • Model II: Perceived Parental Willingness to Sacrifice Financially for College
  • Discussion
  • Conclusions
  • References
  Part Two by Robert L. Crain
• CHAPTER 6: Placing the School-to-Work Transition in the Context of Adolescent Development by Anna Allen
  • The Current Study
  • Results from the Subsample's Life History Interviews
  • Discussion
  • References
• CHAPTER 7: Conclusions by Robert L. Crain
  • Explaining Success: The Role of Careers in Adolescent Development
  • The Design of Career Magnet Programs and Students' Experience of High School
  • Implementing Career Magnets: The Easy Part
  • Implementing Career Magnets: The Hard Part
  • References
• APPENDIX A: Additional Notes on the Methodology
  • The Survey Design
• APPENDIX B: Using the Experimental Results to Estimate the Impact of Career Magnets on Students

Crain, R. L., Allen, A., Thaler, R., Sullivan, D., Zellman, G., Little, J. W., and Quigley, D. D. (1999). The Effects of Academic Career Magnet Education on High Schools and Their Graduates (MDS-779). Berkeley: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, University of California.