ERIC Number: ED619486
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 116
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: 978-1-9774-0783-8
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EISSN: N/A
Developing Outcome Measures for the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program. Research Report. RR-A271-5
Wenger, Jennie W.; Wrabel, Stephani L.; Trail, Thomas E.; Constant, Louay; Chan, Wing Yi; Edwards, Kathryn A.; Moini, Joy S.; Han, Hanna
RAND Corporation
The National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program is a residential, quasi-military program for youth ages 16 to 18 who are experiencing difficulty in traditional high school. The program provides classroom instruction and other structured activities to young people at 40 different sites. The focus of this report is on determining how sites can measure their progress at meeting their overall mission ("to intervene in and reclaim the lives of 16- to 18-year-old high school dropouts, producing program graduates with the values, life skills, education, and self-discipline necessary to succeed as productive citizens"). The report summarizes and documents findings and recommendations from analyses carried out between 2016 and 2020. Sources of data include information gathered during visits to each site, as well as site- and individual-level information gathered yearly over four years. Extant data sets and information from the existing literature are also used as appropriate.
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Military Training, Armed Forces, High School Students, Nontraditional Education, Dropouts, Graduates, Self Control, Daily Living Skills, Program Effectiveness, National Security, Program Design, Costs, Trend Analysis, Student Characteristics, Surveys
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs (DOD)
Authoring Institution: RAND National Defense Research Institute
Identifiers - Location: District of Columbia
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