The Condition of Education 2004. NCES 2004-077.

By J. Wirt, Susan P. Choy, P. Rooney, Stephen Provasnik, Anindita Sen, R. Tobin. 2004

209 citations recorded by the source corpus.

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/a0184f8b9bb2a135c5d7cb489a67e6d497c62caf

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

Citations in the corpus

Do First-Year College Students' Expectations Align with their First-Year Experiences? (2005, background): “As much as 88% of eighth graders indicate an interest in postsecondary education (Venezia, Kirst, & Antonio, 2003), and the number of students attending college within 2 years after graduating from high school has steadily risen over the past 3 decades (Wirt et al., 2004).”
Pathways to Boosting the Earnings of Low-Income Students by Increasing Their Educational Attainment. (2009, background): “Research on income disparities in educational attainment indicates that: • Students from the lowest quintile of family income are six times more likely to drop out of high school than students from the highest income group (Wirt et al., 2004).”
Mentoring Students: Conceptualizing and Validating the Multi-Dimensions of a Support System (2007, background): “Only 17% of African American and 18% of Hispanic students admitted to four-year institutions earn a bachelor’s degree within five years (Wirt et al., 2004).”
The Application of Differentiated Instruction in Postsecondary Environments: Benefits, Challenges, and Future Directions (2009, background): “…suggest learning experiences and outcomes are influenced by students’ academic skills (Allsopp et al., 2005; Mull et al., 2001; Reis et al., 1997; Wirt et al., 2004), the instructor’s epistemological beliefs (Kember 1997, 2001; Norton et al., 2005; Samuelowicz & Bain, 2001; Trigwell et al.,…”
Rethinking the Attitude-Achievement Paradox Among Blacks (2009, background): “Although there is still a gap in social conditions between blacks and whites, it has narrowed historically in terms of health, living conditions, and educational opportunities (Wirt et al. 2004).”
What Matters to Student Success: A Review of the Literature (2006, background): “…great value, relatively few studies provide conclusive evidence about the performance of large numbers of students at individual institutions (Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU) 2005; National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education 2004; Pascarella and Terenzini 2005).”
The effects of overlearning and distributed practise on the retention of mathematics knowledge (2006, background): “In one recent report on mathematics achievement, less than one-third of a sample of U.S. students received a rating of ‘at or above proficient’ (Wirt et al., 2004).”