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Hein, Vanessa; Smerdon, Becky; Sambolt, Megan – College and Career Readiness and Success Center, 2013
The purpose of this brief is to provide information to state, district, and school personnel seeking support to determine whether their students are on a path to postsecondary success. The College and Career Readiness and Success Center (CCRS Center) has received technical assistance requests from a number of states regarding factors that predict…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Postsecondary Education, Success, College Readiness
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
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Bobbitt, Sharon A.; Rohr, Carol L. – 1993
The Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics in 1987-88 and 1990-91, asked teachers and principals their view of problems in their schools. When asked about a range of school problems including absenteeism, student drug abuse, and physical conflicts among students, teachers and principals could…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Behavior Problems, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education