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What Works Clearinghouse, 2009
Summer Training and Education Program (STEP) is a summer employment, academic remediation, and life skills program intended to lower school dropout rates by reducing summer learning loss and preventing teen parenthood. The program is integrated into the federal summer jobs program and is offered during six-to-eight-week sessions in two consecutive…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Temporary Employment, Remedial Programs, Daily Living Skills
Children First for Oregon, Portland. – 2000
This Kids Count data book examined trends in the well-being of Oregon's children, focusing on the well-being of preteens. This statistical portrait is based on 12 indicators of child well being: (1) juvenile arrests; (2) teen pregnancy; (3) suicide attempts for 10- to 17-year-olds; (4) high school dropout rate; (5) eighth grade reading…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Birth Weight, Child Abuse, Child Health
Children First for Oregon, Portland. – 1998
This Kids Count databook examines statewide trends in the well-being of Oregon's children, focusing on youth at risk. The statistical report is based on 12 indicators of well-being: (1) juvenile arrests; (2) teen sexuality; (3) high school dropout rate; (4) teen suicide; (5) reading proficiency; (6) math proficiency; (7) child abuse and neglect;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Child Health, Child Welfare
Children First for Oregon, Portland. – 2002
This Kids Count data book examines trends in the well-being of Oregons children, focusing on child health, nutrition, and child safety. This statistical portrait is based on 17 indicators of child well-being: (1) child care supply; (2) third grade reading proficiency; (3) third grade math proficiency; (4) juvenile arrests; (5) suicide attempts;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Child Abuse
Children First for Oregon, Portland. – 1996
This Kids Count report card gives an overall account of statewide trends in the well-being of Oregon's children. The statistical report is based on 18 indicators of child well being: (1) childhood poverty; (2) health uninsured; (3) percentage of court-ordered child support paid; (4) affordable housing; (5) infant mortality rate; (6) low…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Benchmarking, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women
Children First for Oregon, Portland. – 1999
This Kids Count data book examined trends in the well-being of Oregon's children, focusing on the well-being of children under 8 years. This statistical portrait is based on indicators of child well being in four areas: (1) health, including immunizations, health insurance, and health risk factors; (2) family well-being, including divorce and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Birth Weight, Child Abuse, Child Health