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Hertzog, C. Jay; Morgan, P. Lena – High School Magazine, 1999
A survey of 97 Florida and Georgia middle schools and their receiving high schools revealed that schools with two or fewer transition practices had significantly higher attrition and dropout rates than schools implementing three or more practices. Sample programs include the ninth-grade house, parent nights, advisory/mentoring programs, and…
Descriptors: Attendance, Dropout Rate, Grade 9, High Schools
