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Direct linkInverness Research Associates, 2007
The people at Inverness Research Associates spent 12 years studying Community Science Workshops (CSW) in California and in six other states. They gathered statistics on the scale, scope, and cost-efficiency of CSW services to youth. They observed youth at work in the shops--taking apart computers, repairing bikes, growing plants, and so on--and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Science Activities, Workshops, Nontraditional Students
Download full textFrazer, Linda; Ligon, Glynn – 1991
This paper describes a methodology for the evaluation of dropout prevention programs, for calculating dropout rates, and for comparing alternative programs equitably. A first step involves developing a hierarchy of criteria for evaluating programs. These criteria are used to obtain dropout risk probability for individuals and groups and types of…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
Hardy, Janet B.; Zabin, Laurie Schwab – 1991
An in-depth discussion of national and local statistics regarding teenage and adolescent pregnancy and the developmental issues involved opens this analysis. Problems and adverse consequences of adolescent pregnancy in an urban setting are explored using a city-wide random sample of adolescent births. A model pregnancy and parenting program and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Contraception, Early Parenthood
Gottfredson, Gary D.; And Others – 1992
This report presents an evaluation of the Multicultural Education Demonstration Program in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), an effort to address racial and ethnic diversity in a middle school. The report covers the implementation of the program since its inception in May 1989 through the beginning of the 1991-92 school year. It describes the program's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affirmative Action, Demonstration Programs, Intermediate Grades
Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, PA. – 1984
An independent evaluation of the Career Explorations program found it to be worthy of both continuation and replication. Career Explorations is a summer youth program operated by Hunter College (New York) in cooperation with The Coalition of 100 Black Women, and supported by The Commonwealth Fund. Its aim is to help minority New York City high…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Counseling, Cooperative Programs, Educational Opportunities
Adelman, Nancy E. – 1992
A study was done of two Minnesota State "second chance" program options designed to help at-risk students to complete high school. The options are: (1) private urban alternative programs, administered by non-sectarian, community-based organizations principally serving teenagers from Minneapolis and St. Paul (Minnesota); and (2) the Area…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, High Risk Students
Stevens, Carla J.; And Others – 1991
The purpose of this report is to evaluate the seven alternative schools in the Houston (Texas) Independent School District by describing the students who were served by the programs, and by assessing the effectiveness of the programs in improving student academic performance and attendance. The following schools provide education to at-risk…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Educational Assessment
Higgins, Catherine; And Others – 1991
This report presents an independent evaluation of E. Lang's I Have a Dream (IHAD) model intervention for disadvantaged youth as it has been implemented in three schools in the Greater Washington (District of Columbia) area. Sixty IHAD participants are randomly selected as they enter sixth or seventh grade for higher education tuition guarantees…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Allen, Lili – 2002
Although communities are making progress in establishing comprehensive systems for serving youth, they still face challenges. Enabling conditions that have allowed innovative youth councils to develop systems of youth development, education, and employment include: (1) youth opportunity grants; (2) established intermediary organizations; (3)…
Descriptors: Business, Case Studies, Colleges, Community Cooperation
