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Download full textHouston Independent School District, 2016
The State Compensatory Education (SCE) program is designed to reduce dropout rates and increase academic performance of students identified as being at-risk of dropping out of school. SCE operates as a funding source to supplement instructional services and offer academic support to students who meet the SCE at-risk criteria established by the…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, At Risk Students, Remedial Instruction, Dropout Prevention
Houston Independent School District, 2015
The State Compensatory Education (SCE) program is designed to reduce dropout rates and increase academic performance of students identified as being at-risk of dropping out of school. SCE operates as a funding source to supplement instructional services and offer academic support to students who meet the SCE at-risk criteria established by the…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, At Risk Students, Remedial Instruction, Dropout Prevention
Peer reviewed
Direct linkDooley, T. Price; Schreckhise, William D. – Youth & Society, 2016
This study evaluates the Youth Development Program (YDP), a component of the federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA). We examine whether the YDP reduced dropout rates among youth in secondary schools in seven school districts in the impoverished Mississippi River Delta in southeast Arkansas. Initially, the program seems to have an impact. Students…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Dropouts, Dropout Rate, Comparative Analysis
Houston Independent School District, 2014
The State Compensatory Education (SCE) program is designed to reduce dropout rates and increase academic performance of students identified as being at-risk of dropping out of school. SCE operates as a funding source to supplement instructional services and offer academic support to students who meet the SCE at-risk criteria established by the…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Academic Achievement, At Risk Students, School Districts
Farias, Richard R., Comp. – 1989
This press package provides data about the operations of the Houston Independent School District (HISD). The information is presented to compare test results among schools that are predominately Black, White, and Hispanic. The test results are broken down into three subject areas: reading, math, and writing. Other figures offer information on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
