Student engagement in education is key to ensuring successful learning. Engagement becomes crucial as students progress through high school and transition into young adulthood; however, engaging them in high school can be an arduous task. A career/education plan can help students make strong connections between their work in high school and their later lives. Through two-level propensity score matching analyses using data from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009, this study explores the direct relationship of completing such a plan and student engagement late in high school. I found that completion of a plan had a positive significant relationship with student engagement. These results held true for the entire sample and for the public school sample. This information adds to the growing research on career and college readiness and to more limited literature on the role of education planning in high schools.

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中学的职业/教育计划和学生参与度

学生参与教育是确保成功学习的关键。随着学生从高中毕业并过渡到青年时期，参与变得至关重要；然而，让他们进入高中可能是一项艰巨的任务。职业/教育计划可以帮助学生在高中工作和以后的生活之间建立牢固的联系。通过使用 2009 年高中纵向研究数据的两级倾向得分匹配分析，本研究探讨了完成此类计划与高中后期学生参与的直接关系。我发现完成计划与学生的参与度有显着的正相关关系。这些结果适用于整个样本和公立学校样本。