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The Quality of Vocational Education, June 1998

Table 4.2.—Average achievement scores by program, expressed as national percentiles


  Academic General Vocational

Study Early Late Early Late Early Late

Echternacht, 1975   0.45(67)   -0.33(37)   -0.36(36)
Evans & Galloway, 1973 0.69(76) 0.80(79) -0.26(40) -0.31(38) -0.47(32) -0.52(30)
Hilton, 1971 0.50(69) 0.47(68) -0.61(27) -0.63(26) -0.55(29) -0.60(28)
Trent, 1981           -0.25(40)
Overall   0.57(71)   -0.42(34) -0.43(34)