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Diploma On! Program: An Overview of Metrics from School Year 2019-20
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Serafin, Melissa; Atella, Julie – Wilder Research, 2020
The purpose of Diploma On! is to re-engage students who have dropped out of school within member districts and ultimately increase the graduation rate in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Program staff obtain student contact information from identified referral sources within each district, normally after a 15-day drop. Next, they contact the student…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Graduation Rate, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Diploma On! Program: An Overview of Metrics from School Year 2018-19
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Atella, Julie – Wilder Research, 2019
The purpose of Diploma On! is to re-engage students who have dropped out of school within member districts and ultimately increase the graduation rate in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Staff from the program obtains contact information for students from identified referral staff within each district, normally after a 15-day drop. Next, they contact…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Graduation Rate, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Does the Empirical Literature Inform Prevention of Dropout among Students with Emotional Disturbance? A Systematic Review and Call to Action
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Sullivan, Amanda L.; Sadeh, Shanna – Exceptionality, 2016
For the past 30 years, the dropout rate for students with emotional disturbance has hovered around 50%, a rate substantially higher than the dropout rate for students with other disabilities and the general population. This systematic review evaluated the literature published between 1990 and 2013 on the effectiveness of dropout prevention and…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, Emotional Disturbances, Dropout Rate
PROTOCOL: Dropout Prevention and Intervention Programs--Effects on School Completion and Dropout among School-Aged Children and Youth
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Wilson, Sandra Jo; Lipsey, Mark W.; Tanner-Smith, Emily E.; Huang, Chiungjung; Steinka-Fry, Katarzyna – Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2010
The objective of the proposed systematic review is to summarize the available evidence on the effects of prevention and intervention programs aimed at primary and secondary students for increasing school completion or reducing school dropout. Program effects on the closely related outcomes of school attendance (absences, truancy) will also be…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Intervention, Educational Attainment
Research-Based Strategies and Best Practices for Dropout Prevention
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Smink, Jay – State Education Standard, 2009
The National Dropout Prevention Center (NDPC) at Clemson University has been at the forefront of identifying model dropout prevention programs and promoting the use of best practices to increase the graduation rates in schools since 1986. The structure for these varied interventions and solutions takes the form of effective strategies, model…
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Graduation Rate, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
The Challenge of Improving Urban High School Graduation Outcomes: Findings from a Randomized Study of Dropout Prevention Efforts
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Mac Iver, Martha Abele – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2011
This 5-year longitudinal randomized study focused on the effects of a dropout prevention program implemented at two urban high schools. The program incorporated the characteristics of personalization found in previous research to have some positive effects, and typical of the type of programs implemented in many high schools nationwide. The…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Urban Schools, High Schools, Dropout Programs