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Proper, Elizabeth C.; St. Pierre, Robert G. – 1976
Follow Through is a longitudinal program instituted by the U.S. Office of Education in which a variety of curriculum models have been implemented in a number of locations nationwide. Because services are provided from kindergarten through third grade, many children enter and leave the program at points not coterminous with the treatment itself.…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Compensatory Education, Control Groups, Disadvantaged Youth
Jackson, Edison O.; McMillan, Robert L. – 1976
In order to determine the extent of attrition at Essex County College, all students registered for the fall semester of 1975 who did not return for the winter semester were identified and were surveyed by mail (n=2,000) to ascertain their reasons for not returning. A total of 546 questionnaires were returned for a response rate of 27.3%. Analysis…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Community Colleges, Dropout Characteristics, Followup Studies
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Ness, Jean E. – Tribal College Journal, 2002
Presents a case study of 13 tribal college students who either completed or dropped out of their programs. Identifies societal, organizational, institutional, family, and individual factors associated with these students' completion, including: (1) lack of money; (2) inadequate preparation; (3) health problems; and (4) housing problems. Contains…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Academic Persistence, American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations
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Nelson, Geoffrey; Ochocka, Joanna; Janzen, Rich; Trainor, John – Journal of Community Psychology, 2006
To evaluate the impacts of participation in mental health Consumer/Survivor Initiatives (CSIs), we used a nonequivalent control group design to compare new, active participants in CSIs ( n = 61) with nonactive participants ( n = 57) at baseline, 9-month, and 18-month follow-up intervals. The two groups were comparable at baseline on a wide range…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Health Services, Community Organizations, Self Help Programs
Boughan, Karl – 1996
At Prince George's Community College (PGCC), in Maryland, a comprehensive freshman academic monitoring database has been developed to follow the progress of peer groups of first-time students entering each fall through their sixth year of potential enrollment. Using the new database, as well as information from the Maryland Higher Education…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attrition (Research Studies), Cohort Analysis, College Freshmen
Bond, James T.; And Others – 1982
This document provides the appendices for volume 1 of the final evaluation report of Project Developmental Continuity (PDC), a Head Start demonstration project initiated in 1974 to develop program models which enhance children's social competence by fostering developmental continuity from preschool through the early elementary grades.…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Data Analysis, Data Collection, Early Childhood Education
Jackson, Carla – 1978
The relationship between academic advising and student attrition was examined at a private liberal arts college. A cohort analysis of students entering the college between 1971 and 1975 indicated that faculty members in the first year of their contracts had relatively more of their new student advisees subsequently withdraw than did the same…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), College Faculty, College Students, Dropout Prevention
Hiscox, Suzanne B.; Owen, Thomas R. – 1978
This study explored the assumption that the percentile rank of a group of students should be expected to remain the same on a post-test as on a pretest when the treatment of the group in the intervening period was the same as the treatment of the norms population. This assumption is basic to the use of the norm-referenced model for the assessment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Attrition (Research Studies), Compensatory Education
Granville, Arthur; And Others – 1977
This interim report re-examines data on instrument suitability, comparability of groups, and adequacy of sample size in Year III of the process evaluation of Project Developmental Continuity (PDC) and offers preliminary recommendations concerning the feasibility of continuing the impact study. PDC is a Head Start demonstration program aimed at…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Molitor, James A.; And Others – 1977
This volume presents data on the progress of the non-Follow Through children who served as the comparison group in the national evaluation study of the Follow Through Planned Variation Model. Three major approaches were used to study the data in this volume. First, the relationship of children's background characteristics to their academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attrition (Research Studies), Compensatory Education, Control Groups
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Halli, S. S. – Simulation and Games, 1983
Discussion of possible applications of the microsimulation approach to analysis of population policy proposes compulsory sterilization policy for all of India. Topics covered include India's population problem, methods for generating a distribution of couples to be sterilized, model validation, data utilized, data analysis, program limitations,…
Descriptors: Age, Attrition (Research Studies), Birth Rate, Developing Nations
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Gilhousen, Michael R.; And Others – Journal of School Psychology, 1990
Reviews controversial Milwaukee Project which utilized early intervention efforts with 17 children at risk for mental retardation. Discusses methodological problems that cast doubt on validity of results. Contends that project does not support hypothesis that early intervention for children at risk for mental retardation will result in meaningful…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Attrition (Research Studies), Early Childhood Education
Miller, Gloria I.; Jaciw, Andrew; Hoshiko, Brandon; Wei, Xin – Empirical Education Inc., 2007
Texas Instruments has undertaken a research program with the goal of producing scientifically-based evidence of the effectiveness of graphing calculators and the "TI-Navigator"[TM] classroom networking system in the context of a professional development and curriculum framework. The program includes a two-year longitudinal study. The…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Graphing Calculators
Skager, Rodney; Austin, Gregory – 1997
Legislative mandates in California and at the federal level require written parental consent for surveys of children and youth on: sexual behavior and attitudes; illegal, antisocial and criminal behavior; and psychological problems. Active parental refusal and nonresponse to requests for permission threaten the generalizability of information…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Attrition (Research Studies), Educational Attainment, Educational Policy
Hafner, Anne; Owings, Jeffrey – 1991
This study of career patterns in teaching was conducted to provide insight into the development of careers within the teaching profession. The objectives of the study were: to describe the career patterns of a national sample of individuals from the high school class of 1971 (1,011 individuals surveyed during the period 1972-86) who were either…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Career Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Human Capital
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