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Kevin A. Gee; Michael A. Gottfried; S. Colby Woods – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
While foster youth miss more school versus their non-foster counterparts, their status as a foster youth is not static, with many of them entering and exiting the foster care system over time. These dynamics of entry and exit can represent particularly crucial transition periods of stability and instability that may differentially influence…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Child Welfare, Student Behavior, Attendance
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Sussman, Steve; Unger, Jennifer B.; Begay, Cynthia; Moerner, Lou; Soto, Claradina – Journal of Drug Education, 2021
The present study investigated the prevalence and co-occurrence of addictions to tobacco, alcohol, other drugs, food/eating, the internet, texting, video games, shopping, love, sex, exercise, work, and gambling among American Indian (AI) youth in California. As with previous work in other cultural groups, the most prevalent addictions were love,…
Descriptors: American Indians, Adolescents, Addictive Behavior, Incidence
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Grigsby, Timothy J.; Forster, Myriam; Tsai, Jennifer; Rohrbach, Louise A.; Sussman, Steve – Journal of School Health, 2018
Background: Alternative (or continuation) high schools are institutions designed for students at risk for not graduating due to behavioral, educational, or medical problems. The present study explored the relationship between negative substance use consequences (eg, having trouble at school or work) and noncondom use in this at-risk population and…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Behavior, Prevention, High School Students
Abegaz, Melaku – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This dissertation studies the effects of foreign presence on the performance of domestic institutions and economic agents. We identify three types of foreign presence: international students, inward foreign investment, and exporting activities. The first chapter investigates the impacts of international students on the graduation performance of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Manufacturing, Foreign Students, Enrollment Trends
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De Pedro, Kris Tunac; Astor, Ron Avi; Gilreath, Tamika D.; Benbenishty, Rami; Berkowitz, Ruth – Youth & Society, 2018
Research has found that when compared with civilian students, military-connected students in the United States have more negative mental health outcomes, stemming from the stress of military life events (i.e., deployment). To date, studies on military-connected youth have not examined the role of protective factors within the school environment,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Mental Health, Military Personnel, Stress Variables
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Gibbs, Elise L.; Kass, Andrea E.; Eichen, Dawn M.; Fitzsimmons-Craft, Ellen E.; Trockel, Mickey; Wilfley, Denise E.; Taylor, C. Barr – Journal of American College Health, 2016
Objective: To examine the misuse of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)-specific stimulants in a college population at high risk for or with clinical or subclinical eating disorders. Participants: Four hundred forty-eight college-age women aged 18-25 at high risk for or with a clinical or subclinical eating disorder. Methods:…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Drug Abuse, Stimulants, Emotional Disturbances
Holzhauer, Kim Elaine – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of the current quantitative correlational study was to investigate the relationship the qualifications of special education teachers and their preferred writing instruction method either formulaic or process writing. The study investigated the relationship between professional development in writing instruction, years of experience,…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Qualifications, Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods
Borman, Geoffrey D.; Park, So Jung; Min, Sookweon – Online Submission, 2015
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of Achieve3000, a differentiated online literacy curriculum, on students' scores on the California State Test (CST). In the 2011-12 school year, 1,957 students in Chula Vista began using Achieve3000's solutions in 3rd through 8th grade. Using a form of propensity score matching called Inverse…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Program Effectiveness, Quasiexperimental Design, Elementary School Students
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Green, Harold D., Jr.; Tucker, Joan S.; Wenzel, Suzanne L.; Golinelli, Daniela; Kennedy, David P.; Ryan, Gery W.; Zhou, Annie J. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2012
Objective: Childhood abuse has been linked to negative sequelae for women later in life including drug and alcohol use and violence as victim or perpetrator and may also affect the development of women's social networks. Childhood abuse is prevalent among at-risk populations of women (such as the homeless) and thus may have a stronger impact on…
Descriptors: Group Membership, Homeless People, Child Abuse, Females
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Phillips, A. Lynn; Phillips, G. Michael – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
A shift from male-majority to female-majority university campuses has opened up new areas for research on gender bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. At one large state university on the west coast, there were more female than male graduates in Spring, 2008 in 7 out of 8 colleges, including the traditionally male-majority areas of business and…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Gender Bias, Sex Stereotypes, Probability
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Rogosa, David – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2005
This chapter provides an overview of statistical issues arising in work on educational assessment and school accountability, organized around some of the most consequential misunderstandings. The article proceeds via a series of nine vignettes describing misunderstandings of statistical uncertainty in educational assessment and school…
Descriptors: Small Schools, Intervals, Educational Assessment, Correlation