A study found that attending New York City's highly competitive "exam" schools (where entrance is determined by a test) has little to no effect on students' SAT scores and other measures of achievement. However, each year millions of middle school students nationwide spend angst-filled months waiting to hear if they scored high enough on an entrance exam to attend one of New York City's selective public high schools (Ojalvo, "What Do You Hope to Get Out of High School?", 2011). How do you define achievement with respect to your high school career? What would you like to be able to achieve as a result of your high school experience? Do you hope the experience improves your chances of achieving specific goals like graduating and attending college? Or being admitted into a prestigious college? Or are the benefits of high school more nuanced than that, like an overall enriching experience or exposure to ideas and interesting people?
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Ojalvo, H. E. (n.d.). What Do You Hope to Get Out of High School? Retrieved January 3, 2017, from http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/19/what-do-you-hope-to-get-out-of-high-school/
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Ojalvo, H. E. (n.d.). What Do You Hope to Get Out of High School? Retrieved January 3, 2017, from http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/19/what-do-you-hope-to-get-out-of-high-school/