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Fain, Terry; Turner, Susan; Ridgeway, Greg – RAND Corporation, 2010
In 2000, the California State Legislature passed the Schiff-Cardenas Crime Prevention Act, which authorized funding for county juvenile-justice programs and designated the Corrections Standards Authority (CSA) (formerly named the Board of Corrections) the administrator of funding. A 2001 California Senate bill extended the funding and changed the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Crime Prevention, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
Wilson, Sandra Jo; Tanner-Smith, Emily; Lipsey, Mark W. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
The objective of this systematic review is to summarize the available evidence on the effects of prevention and intervention programs aimed at primary and secondary students for increasing school completion or reducing school dropout. Program effects on the closely related outcomes of school attendance (absences, truancy) will also be examined.…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, School Restructuring, Intervention, Dropouts