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Download full textOrr, Aline; Minney, Dana; Leung, Jenny – Online Submission, 2021
Overall, Twilight credit recovery program student outcomes were positive during 2020-2021. The middle school students who participated in Twilight had a 60% success rate and high school students who participated in Twilight had a 77% success rate. In addition, 81% of the 12th graders who participated in Twilight graduated from high school. Lastly,…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, English Language Learners
Orr, Aline – Online Submission, 2020
This report includes findings regarding demographic characteristics and academic outcomes of Twilight students; highlights emerging topics from the student, teacher, and staff surveys; and provides recommendations for future program implementation.
Descriptors: Repetition, Required Courses, Outcomes of Education, School Districts
Pileggi, Molly; Liu, Lindsey; Turner, Alyn – Research for Action, 2020
In 2018, the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) developed an indicator for being "on track" at the end of a high school student's freshman year. As part of the district's overall strategy for improving graduation rates, school administrators currently use the Ninth Grade On-Track indicator as an early marker of progress towards…
Descriptors: Grade 9, High School Students, Graduation Rate, At Risk Students
Orr, Aline – Online Submission, 2019
This report includes findings regarding demographic characteristics and academic outcomes of Twilight program students; highlights emerging topics from the student, teacher, and staff surveys; and provides recommendations for future program implementation.
Descriptors: School Districts, High School Students, Middle School Students, At Risk Students
Direct linkHagen, Stephen N. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
College and career readiness offers a distinct purpose to the high school experience. This experience must provide a variety of options with a clear focus on fruitful opportunities for success. Meaningful citizenship in any learning community demands that all students participate in a pathway of sequenced, practical, related classes and achieve…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, High Schools, School Restructuring, Student Attitudes
Krupa, Erin Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2011
In this era of high-stakes testing and accountability, curricula are viewed as catalysts to improve high school students' mathematics performances and a critical question is whether single subject or integrated curricula produce stronger student outcomes. This study was designed to investigate the effects of an integrated reform-based curriculum,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Integrated Curriculum, Educational Change, Curriculum Implementation
Dessoff, Alan – District Administration, 2009
When students fail courses or drop out of school, it isn't good for them or their districts, which are under federal and state mandates to improve test scores and graduation rates. With those mandates and about 1.2 million students dropping out each year--or one every 26 seconds--there is more pressure today than ever to help students stay in…
Descriptors: High School Students, Academic Failure, Dropouts, At Risk Students
