The Impact of Previous Schooling Experiences on a Quaker High School's Graduating Students' College Entrance Exam Scores, Parents' Expectations, and College Acceptance Outcomes
THE IMPACT OF PREVIOUS SCHOOLING EXPERIENCES ON A QUAKER HIGH SCHOOL'S GRADUATING STUDENTS' COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAM SCORES, PARENTS' EXPECTATIONS, AND COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE OUTCOMES Debbie K. Galusha University of Nebraska Advisor: Dr. John W. Hill The purpose of the study is to determine the impact of previous private, public, home, or international schooling experiences on a Quaker high school's graduating students' college entrance composite exam scores, parents' expectations, and college attendance outcomes. The study's results suggest that regardless of previous private, public, home, and international schooling experiences the research Quaker school equally prepared graduating high school students for postsecondary first year college academic success. Parent expectations for the research Quaker school graduating high school students indicated congruent preference for Quaker values for parents whose youth had previous private, public, home, and international schooling experiences. Furthermore, in this study high school students with previous private, public, home, and international schooling experiences were all predominately admitted to tier 1 and 2 postsecondary schools with a significant difference observed in the post secondary institution admission comparison of students with previous private verses public schooling experiences.