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Download full textEvaluation Systems Design, Inc., Tallahassee, FL. – 1981
The Occupational Proficiency Training (OPT) Program was initiated to identify potential dropouts and place them in an alternative vocational education program. Remedial communication and mathematics classes were also included in the program's design. In the first year 21 ninth grade students 14 years of age and two years behind grade were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Diagnosis, Grade 9, Job Skills
Opuni, Kwame A.; And Others – 1991
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of the Beating the Odds (BTO) program of the Houston (Texas) schools in the 1990-91 school year, the third and final year of Phase I of the program. The BTO program provided training workshops for teachers of at-risk students and direct counseling and social service support for at-risk students in a selected…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Youth Programs. – 1980
This volume contains four interim reports of the Career Intern Program (CIP) replication portion of the Alternative Education Demonstration operated by Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America and evaluated by the National Institute of Education. (The CIP is an alternative high school serving dropouts and students at a high risk of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Career Education, Community Organizations
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1993
This second interim report presents evaluation results from Project Youth Experiencing Success (YES) and documents a decrease in the Virginia statewide event-dropout rate in grades 7 through 12 from 4.8 percent during the 1988-89 school year to 3.3 percent during the 1991-92 year. Event-dropout rates measure the proportion of students who drop out…
Descriptors: Ability, At Risk Persons, Case Studies, College School Cooperation
Frazer, Linda; Nichols, Todd – 1991
In response to state legislation specifying criteria by which schools should identify elementary school and secondary school students at risk of dropping out, schools in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District reported students who were at risk in 1990-91. The operational definitions for the state criteria for grades 7-12 include age,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian American Students, Black Students, Dropout Characteristics
Fashola, Olatokunbo S.; Slavin, Robert E. – 1997
This paper reviews research related to effective secondary school programs aimed at dropout prevention and increasing college enrollment rates for at-risk Latino youth. The review identifies programs that have demonstrated a significant impact on dropout rates, college attendance, school performance, or related outcomes in rigorous evaluations;…
Descriptors: College Attendance, College Preparation, College School Cooperation, Dropout Prevention
Sipe, Cynthia L. – 1986
The performance of Hispanic participants in the Summer Training and Education Program (STEP) was examined in detail because findings about short-term outcomes for the first year of STEP operation were more promising for Hispanics than for members of other ethnic groups. In addition, Hispanic performance was examined because of the relatively poor…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropout Prevention, Early Parenthood, Family Planning
Castellano, Marisa; Stringfield, Samuel; Stone, James R., III – 2001
A literature review examined educational research on school reform and vocational and technical education. The first area examined student risk factors in education, the state of the art in secondary vocational education (career and technical education or CTE), and the interplay of these new forms of CTE and other comprehensive school reform…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Attendance, Community Colleges, Dropout Prevention
Chamberlain, Ed – 1988
The 1987-88 Home-School-Community Agents (HSCA) Project of the Columbus (Ohio) Public Schools met its goal of improving the attitudes of 50 percent of the disruptive students enrolled in the project toward teachers, education, and school behavior. Nineteen HSCAs served in 8 high schools and 11 middle schools. Each HSCA worked on an in-depth basis…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attitude Change, Behavior Problems, Dropout Prevention
Tallmadge, G. Kasten; Yuen, Sandra D. – 1981
A study assessed the impact of the Career Intern Program (CIP) on participating students. (The CIP is an alternative high school designed to enable disadvantaged and alienated dropouts or potential dropouts to earn regular high school diplomas, to prepare them for meaningful employment or postsecondary education, and to facilitate their transition…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Career Education, Case Studies, Dropout Prevention
Fetterman, David M. – 1981
A study identified causal linkages and basic interrelationships among components of the Career Intern Program (CIP) and observed outcomes. (The CIP is an alternative high school designed to enable disadvantaged and alienated dropouts or potential dropouts to earn regular high school diplomas, to prepare them for meaningful employment or…
Descriptors: Career Education, Counseling Services, Curriculum, Dropout Prevention
Foat, Classie M. – 1981
A study compared the Career Intern Program (CIP) with five other alternative youth programs. (The CIP is an alternative high school designed to enable disadvantaged dropouts or potential dropouts to earn regular high school diplomas, to prepare them for meaningful employment or postsecondary education, and to facilitate their transition from…
Descriptors: Attendance, Career Education, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Treadway, Peter G.; And Others – 1981
A study examined whether the Career Intern Program (CIP) can be replicated in new sites at reasonable cost within a reasonable period of time. (The CIP is an alternative high school designed to enable disadvantaged and alienated dropouts or potential dropouts to earn regular high school diplomas, to prepare them for meaningful employment or…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Counseling Services
