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Issue Brief: High School Transition Activities
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Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2017
In 2014-15, the high school graduation rate reached a record high of 83 percent (U.S. Department of Education 2016). Despite the gains, over half a million students still drop out of high school each year (U.S. Department of Education 2015). High schools have adopted various strategies designed to keep students who are at risk of not graduating in…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, At Risk Students, Dropout Prevention, Transitional Programs
Student Engagement, Non-Completion and Pedagogy: Development of a Measurement Tool
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Dulfer, Nicky; Rice, Suzanne; Clarke, Kira – Australian Journal of Education, 2017
A significant body of research documents the negative consequences of dropping out of school for both the individual and society. In attempting to respond to the problem of early school leaving, schools and systems internationally have put in place a range of system-level and local responses such as mentoring, targeted additional career guidance…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Motivation, Dropout Prevention, Test Construction
Evaluating the Impact of a Summer Dropout Prevention Program for Incoming Freshmen Attending an Under-Resourced High School
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Vera, Elizabeth; Shriberg, David; Alves, Alison; de Oca, Jessie Montes; Reker, Kassandra; Roche, Meghan; Salgado, Manuel; Stegmaier, Jessica; Viellieu, Lindsay; Karahalios, Vicky; Knoll, Michael; Adams, Kristen; Diaz, Yahaira; Rau, Ellen – Preventing School Failure, 2016
Low high school completion rates are an ongoing challenge for educators. This study provides the results of an evaluation of a ninth-grade summer transition program offered at a large public school with a high freshman dropout rate. The evaluation consisted of preprogram and postprogram surveys and interviews with 64 incoming freshman…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Summer Programs, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Texas School Dropout Survey Project. Volume 7: Study Methods and Procedures.
Intercultural Development Research Association, San Antonio, TX. – 1986
Volume 7, the seventh of eight publications developed by the Intercultural Development Research Association as part of the "Texas School Dropout Survey Project" focuses on study methods and procedures. It includes all surveys, protocols, and instructions and documentation of procedures used in the Texas Dropout Survey Project. Included…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Cultural Differences, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
Effects of Career Education on 9th Graders in Rural Mississippi.
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Sprabery, Carol A.; King, Jo Carol – 1992
This study evaluated a career education program for 141 ninth grade students at Kemper County High School in rural Mississippi in an effort to reduce the dropout rate and increase career awareness. A mental health counselor gave students monthly instruction on career issues necessary for vocational life after high school graduation. A local…
Descriptors: Career Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Employment Potential
Pregnancy, Education, and Parenting Pilot (PEP): Evaluation 1989-90.
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Baenen, Nancy R. – 1990
The Austin (Texas) Independent School District was awarded a grant by the state to establish a program for middle school students who are pregnant or parents. The Pregnancy, Education, and Parenting (PEP) program was started at Robbins Secondary School to provide maximum academic and support services, as well as licensed day care, for male and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropout Prevention, Early Parenthood, Grade 8