Do Gatekeeper Courses Expand Education Options?

Title:	Do Gatekeeper Courses Expand Education Options?
Description:	This report examines the relationship between selected eighth-grade characteristics (e.g. enrollment in algebra as an 8th grader) and high school course taking patterns with student outcome variables (e.g. applying to college) that may lead to academic success.
Online Availability:	Download, view, and print the report in a pdf file. (54KB)
Cover Date:	March 1999
Web Release:	March 1, 1999
Print Release:	March 1, 1999
Publication #:	NCES 1999303 Order Your Free Copy Now From Ed Pubs General Ordering Information
Center/Program:	NCES
Authors:	Robert T. Atanda
Type of Product:	Statistics in Brief
Survey/Program Areas:	High School Transcript Studies (HST) National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88)
Keywords:	Achievement (Student) • mathematics Higher Education
Questions:	For questions about the content of this Statistics in Brief, please contact: Elise Christopher.