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Download full textHayward, Becky Jon – 1991
Comprehensive evaluations of two dropout prevention/reentry demonstration programs, sponsored by the Department of Education, one funded under the School Dropout Demonstration Assistance Program (SDDAP) and one funded under the Cooperative Demonstration Program (CDP), are provided in this paper. Both programs were designed to demonstrate effective…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, Federal Programs, High Risk Students
City Univ. of New York, Flushing, NY. Queens Coll. – 1984
Operation Success is a pilot project funded by the New York State Education Department to provide support services to high school dropouts and potential dropouts. It offers programs, including employment programs, intended to develop skills, self-awareness and self-direction, enourage career goals, and develop appropriate attitudes toward the…
Descriptors: Attendance, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Cage, Bob N.; Hardin, Dawn – 1991
The Northeast Louisiana University (NLU) Dropout Intervention Strategy Program (1990-1991) was designed to train administrators and teachers in junior high schools to recognize, treat, and relate to at-risk students who have been identified as potential school dropouts. The 13 participating schools were identified as having potentially high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, College School Cooperation, Counseling Techniques
Dayton, Charles; And Others – 1988
In the fall of 1985, 10 academy programs were established by the State of California as replications of the Peninsula Academies already operating in a local school district for four years. An academy is a modified high school program with the following specific elements, among others: (1) students with academic potential who are at risk of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Dropout Rate, High Risk Students
Miller, Frank L. – 1986
This report presents nine steps, followed by work plans, for administrators when implementing a dropout prevention initiative. These nine steps are: (1) conduct a needs assessment to establish a database that identifies students who leave school early; (2) draft descriptors that identify elementary students who are at risk of dropping out later;…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Dayton, Charles; And Others – 1987
The Peninsula Academies is a three-year high school program for at-risk students, designed to provide them with incentives both to graduate and to acquire labor market-relevant skills. An academy combines academic and technical training in a school-within-a-school setting, and is based on school-business partnerships. In the fall of 1985, 10…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Dropout Rate, High Risk Students
Fetterman, David M. – 1981
A study identified causal linkages and basic interrelationships among components of the Career Intern Program (CIP) and observed outcomes. (The CIP is an alternative high school designed to enable disadvantaged and alienated dropouts or potential dropouts to earn regular high school diplomas, to prepare them for meaningful employment or…
Descriptors: Career Education, Counseling Services, Curriculum, Dropout Prevention
Treadway, Peter G.; And Others – 1981
A study examined whether the Career Intern Program (CIP) can be replicated in new sites at reasonable cost within a reasonable period of time. (The CIP is an alternative high school designed to enable disadvantaged and alienated dropouts or potential dropouts to earn regular high school diplomas, to prepare them for meaningful employment or…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Counseling Services
