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Direct linkDooley, T. Price; Schreckhise, William D. – Youth & Society, 2016
This study evaluates the Youth Development Program (YDP), a component of the federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA). We examine whether the YDP reduced dropout rates among youth in secondary schools in seven school districts in the impoverished Mississippi River Delta in southeast Arkansas. Initially, the program seems to have an impact. Students…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Dropouts, Dropout Rate, Comparative Analysis
Download full textIowa Department of Education, 2016
This 27th edition of the "Annual Condition of Education Report" includes a rich set of information to evaluate the current status of the education system in Iowa. Data in the report provide important information about Iowa's students, teachers and schools from multiple perspectives. It includes information such as demographic…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Preschool Education, Enrollment, Kindergarten
Iowa Department of Education, 2015
The 2015 edition of the "Annual Condition of Education Report" includes a rich set of information about the status of Iowa's K-12 education system. The report provides valuable feedback about Iowa's students, educators and school districts across a number of statewide measures. They include changes in student populations and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Preschool Education, Enrollment, Kindergarten
RANDALL, CHARLES V.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE IN THE BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT THE DROPOUT RATE, DROPOUT CHARACTERISTICS, AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THE STUDENT AFTER HE DROPS OUT. THE DATA IS DESIGNED TO BE USED TO DETERMINE WAYS TO REDUCE THE DROPOUT RATE. THE BLOOMINGTON DROPOUT RATE IS HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL DROPOUT RATE BECAUSE GENERAL…
Descriptors: Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate
Iowa Department of Education, 2014
The 2014 edition of the "Annual Condition of Education Report" marks the 25th anniversary of the report. Much has changed in the passing quarter century since the 1st edition was released in 1990. Most importantly, the "Condition of Education Report" allows the citizens of Iowa to explore trend data and determine what has…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Preschool Education, Enrollment, Kindergarten
Iowa Department of Education, 2013
The 2013 edition of the "Annual Condition of Education Report" provides a rich tapestry of information about Iowa's education system. The data presented in the report examines longitudinal trends about Iowa's students, teachers, and schools from many perspectives. Information such as demographic characteristics, assessment results,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Preschool Education, Enrollment, Kindergarten
Holt, Carleton R.; Range, Bret; Pijanowski, John – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2009
Literature on retention focuses on both short term and long term outcomes for retained students. Short term outcomes typically include academic achievement, self-esteem issues, and occurrence of behavior problems. Long term outcomes include academic growth and persistence to graduation. Regardless of the focus and intent of the study, research on…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, Longitudinal Studies, Self Esteem, Academic Persistence
Wilkinson, L. David; And Others – 1994
In the 1992-93 school year, in response to a request from the Board of Trustees of the Austin Independent School District (Texas) (AISD), the district's Office of Research and Evaluation conducted a retrospective examination of the 1991-92 AISD programs to determine cost-effectiveness when possible. This report describes the review process.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Budgeting, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1982
The purpose, procedures, analyses, and results are documented for seven information sources used by Austin (Texas) Independent School District in the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA)/Districtwide Priorities--Systemwide Desegregation Evaluation, 1981-82. The information sources include: (1) Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, (2) Sequential Tests of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Administrator Attitudes, Black Students
