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Documents below are available from Career Academy Support Network:
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  • Dayton, C. (1997). California Partnership Academies: 1995-96 Evaluation Report. Nevada City, CA: Foothill Associates ($5).


  • Ham, B. (1994). A Fourth Year Follow-Up Evaluation of the Roosevelt High School Internal Revenue Service Partnership Academy Program in Fresno, California. Fresno, CA: Roosevelt High School ($5).


  • Hittenberger, J. (1993) The Effects of the California Partnership Academy-Global Business Program (CPA-GBP) on Attendance, Academic Performance, Retention Rates, and Commitment Levels of Rancho High School Sophomores. Los Angeles, CA: Graduate School, University of Southern California (doctoral dissertation) ($10).


  • Illinois State Board of Education (1997). Illinois Partnership Academies: Summative Evaluation, 1993-1997. Springfield, IL: Center for Education Innovation and Reform, Secondary Education Division, Illinois State Board of Education ($5).


  • Letgers, N.E. (Draft). Small Learning Communities Meet School-To-Work: Whole School Restructuring for Urban Comprehensive High Schools. Johns Hopkins University ($5).


  • Linnehan, F. (1996). Measuring the Effectiveness of a Career Academy Program from an Employer's Perspective. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 18(1): 73-89 ($5).


  • McPartland, J.M., Legters, N., Jordan, W., and McDill, E.L., (1996). The Talent Development High School: Early evidence of impact on school climate, attendance, and student promotion. Baltimore: Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk, Johns Hopkins University and Howard University ($5).


  • Reller, D. (1984). The Peninsula Academies: Final Technical Evaluation Report. Palo Alto, CA: The American Institutes for Research ($10).


  • Stern, D., Dayton, C., Paik, I., & Weisberg, A. (1989) Benefits and costs of dropout prevention in a high school program combining academic and vocational education: third-year results from replications of the California Partnership Academies. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. Berkeley, CA: Graduate School of Education, UC Berkeley (free).


  • Trybus, M.A. (1997). Partnership Academy Effects on Academic Achievement for At-Risk Educationally Deprived Students at the High School Level. Chicago, IL: Loyola University, and Morton High School District 201 ($5).


  • Trybus, M.A. (2001). An Exploratory Study of the Influence of the Illinois Partnership Academy Model on Teachers' Self-Reported Effectiveness. Chicago, IL: Loyola University, Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Educational Psychology ($10).


  • Warren, E. (1998). Four-Year Report on the Effectiveness of California Partnership Academies 1992-93 - 1995-96. Sonoma, CA: Sonoma State University, California Institute on Human Services ($5).


  • McPartland, J., Balfanz, R., Jordan, W. & Letgers, N. (1998) Case Study: Improving Climate and Achievement in a Troubled Urban High School Through the Talent Development Model. Baltimore: Center for Social Organization of Schools, Johns Hopkins University and Howard University ($5).

Documents below are available from the publishers:

  • Dayton, C. & Stern, D. (1991) Graduate Follow-up Survey of the June 1988 and June 1989 Graduates of the California Partnership Academies. Berkeley, CA: Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) (available from PACE, at 510-642-7223, for $5).


  • Dayton, C., Weisberg, A., & Stern, D. (1989) California Partnership Academies: 1987-88 Evaluation Report. Berkeley, CA: Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) (available from PACE, at 510-642-7223, for $10).


  • Kemple, James J. (1997). Career Academies: Communities of Support for Students and Teachers: Emerging Findings from a 10-Site Evaluation. New York: Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (available from MDRC, at 212-532-3200).


  • Kemple, J. & Rock, J.L. (1996). Career Academies: Early Implementation Lessons from a 10-Site Evaluation. New York: Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (available from MDRC, at 212-532-3200).


  • Maxwell, N., Rubin,V., (2001). Career Academy Programs in California: Outcomes and Implementation. California Policy Research Center, Vol. 13, No. 4 University of California, Berkeley.(PDF format free, printed copy $15 available from CPRC (510/643-9328) or by e-mailing cprc@ucop.edu.)


  • Maxwell, N. &Rubin, V. (2000). High School Career Academies: A Pathway to Education Reform in Urban School Districts? Upjohn Institute (available from Upjohn Institute, at 616-343-4330, for $17).


  • Maxwell, N. & Rubin, V. (1997). The Relative Impact of a Career Academy on Post-Secondary Work and Education Skills in Urban, Public High Schools. Hayward, CA: the Human Investment Research & Education Center (HIRE), School of Business and Economics, California State University, Hayward (available from HIRE, at 510-885-3191, for $3).


  • Stern, D., Raby, M., & Dayton, C. (1992). Career Academies: Partnerships for Reconstructing American High Schools. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers (available only in hardback from the publisher, at 415-433-1740, for $34.95).

Documents below are available for download:

  • Yonan, M. (2007). A Comparative Study of Students Who Participated in a Traditional Automotive Program With Students Who Were Enrolled in a Transportation Career Academy. A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of California State University, Stanislaus. Download

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