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An evaluation of this scope requires the active assistance of many people. To Willis Hawley, whose energy and initiative propelled the overall evaluation during the years reported in the present study, we are particularly grateful. Shirley Frey-McConahay and Judith Gruber were, in addition, active and productive contributors to the evaluation effort. In the New Haven Public Schools, Samuel Nash, Director of Research, Evaluation and Planning, was particularly generous with time, energy, and ideas involving the evaluation. George Foote, Ed Linehan, and the teachers and students at High School in the Community and the “feeder” schools gave freely of their time. Data analysis was conducted by Les Sapir. Support for the writing of this report was provided by the Hazen Foundation, Yale University's Institution for Social and Policy Studies, and the University of Maryland's General Research Board.
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Trickett, E.J., McConahay, J.B., Phillips, D. et al. Natural experiments and the educational context: The environment and effects of an alternative inner-city public school on adolescents. Am J Commun Psychol 13, 617–643 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00929793
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