Descriptor
Dropout Programs | 68 |
High Risk Students | 68 |
Program Evaluation | 68 |
Dropout Prevention | 51 |
High Schools | 32 |
Urban Schools | 22 |
Program Effectiveness | 21 |
High School Students | 19 |
Secondary Education | 18 |
Elementary Secondary Education | 17 |
Potential Dropouts | 16 |
More ▼ |
Author
Grannis, Joseph | 8 |
Frazer, Linda H. | 2 |
Hayward, Becky Jon | 2 |
Mei, Dolores M. | 2 |
Morley, Elaine | 2 |
Opuni, Kwame A. | 2 |
Rossman, Shelli B. | 2 |
Slavin, Robert E. | 2 |
Wilkinson, David | 2 |
Adelman, Nancy E. | 1 |
Baecher, Richard E. | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Education Level
Location
New York (New York) | 13 |
California | 2 |
Arizona | 1 |
Arkansas | 1 |
California (Fresno) | 1 |
California (San Diego) | 1 |
District of Columbia | 1 |
Louisiana | 1 |
Massachusetts (Boston) | 1 |
North Carolina | 1 |
Ohio | 1 |
More ▼ |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Job Training Partnership Act… | 3 |
Carl D Perkins Vocational… | 1 |
Education Consolidation… | 1 |
Elementary and Secondary… | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
General Educational… | 2 |
Piers Harris Childrens Self… | 1 |
Test of Adult Basic Education | 1 |
Texas Assessment of Academic… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Does not meet standards | 2 |
Frazer, Linda H.; Baenen, Nancy R. – 1989
In light of the fact that students at risk of dropping out of school have become the focus of national attention, this paper examines one alternative program designed to work with a population considered to be at very high risk for dropping out. The population served by the School-Community Guidance Center (SCGC) in the Austin (Texas) Independent…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, High Risk Students, Potential Dropouts
O'Sullivan, Rita G.; Tennant, Cheryl V. – 1993
About one in four students who enter high school will not graduate. Numerous dropout-prevention programs have been implemented nationwide in the past decade to increase the high school graduation rate. This growth in programs has made it more difficult for educators to determine the effectiveness of the many alternatives. This guide is designed to…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students
Barnes, Susan; Stewart, Jane – 1991
This paper describes a study of an alternative, innovative high school designed to serve at-risk students and dropouts returning to public school. The PRIDE (Positive Responsible Individuals Desiring Education) Center, located in San Marcos (Texas) Consolidated Independent School District, opened in September 1989. The center's program includes…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Dropout Programs, Educational Innovation, High Risk Students
Grannis, Joseph; And Others – 1986
This document comprises an evaluation of the first-year implementation of the New York City Board of Education's three-year Dropout Prevention Program (DPP), implemented in 10 high schools and 29 middle schools; and the Attendance Improvement Dropout Prevention (AIDP) program, implemented in 3 high schools. Two intervention models were implemented…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, High Risk Students
Goodman, Gregory; Powers, Stephen – 1997
The Summer Youth Employment Program was designed to give at-risk youth educational opportunities and work experience during the summer. This paper gives an overview of the Program's operation in Pima County (Arizona). Test results are presented for 1,975 youth in the summer of 1996 and for 1,178 youths in 1997. Student progress was evaluated with…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Programs, Education Work Relationship, Educational Objectives
Grannis, Joseph; And Others – 1989
This document, the first part of a two-part evaluation of the third-year implementation of New York City's 3-year Dropout Prevention Initiative (DPI), is the final evaluation report of implementation of the DPI middle school component, called the Dropout Prevention Program (DPP), conducted in 29 schools. Case-management services and some…
Descriptors: Attendance, Community Organizations, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Grannis, Joseph; And Others – 1989
This document comprises part 1 of a two-part evaluation of the third-year implementation of the New York City Board of Education's 3-year high school Dropout Prevention Initiative (DPI). It describes the DPI and presents the evaluation findings and recommendations. (Part 2 comprises reports on 8 special substudies of the program in year 3.) The…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, High Risk Students
Wendt-Keswick, Karen – 1999
The Diversified Education through Leadership, Technology, and Academics (DELTA) program of the Austin Independent School District (AISD), Texas, serves students at each of the AISD 10 regular high schools. The goal of this open-entry, open-exit, competency-based diploma program is to recover former dropouts and to prevent students at risk of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Dropout Programs, Dropouts

Cleveland Public Schools, OH. – 1990
Although each of the 11 programs evaluated in this report during the 1989-90 school year had its own unique design and objectives, their common goal was to increase the likelihood that at-risk students in Cleveland (Ohio) schools would complete their high school education. Programs were evaluated in terms of changes from the previous year in the…
Descriptors: Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
Snyder, Phyllis; Rosenblum, Sheila – 1987
The Atlanta (Georgia) Partnership of Business and Education, a private nonprofit corporation, is an umbrella organization that coordinates a range of activities aimed at strengthening education in Atlanta's public schools. There are over 300 business members of the partnership, and a wide range of affiliated civic, educational, and religious…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Dropout Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students
Grannis, Joseph; And Others – 1987
This interim report examines the second-year implementation of dropout prevention programs in the 42 public schools that are part of the New York Dropout Prevention Initiative (NYDPI). Evaluators employed both qualitative and quantitative methodologies in gathering data on the 29 middle school and 13 high school program sites, and on the…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate, Dropouts

Karlin, Andrea R.; And Others – Teacher Education and Practice, 1993
Temple-Inland Partnership in Schools (T.I.P.S.) is a pilot partnership between a rural Texas industry and school district intended to help prevent dropouts through tutoring and counseling. The goal is to help students develop skills, confidence, and pride in attaining an education and earning a high school diploma. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Grade 9
Rossman, Shelli B.; Morley, Elaine – 1995
This summary reports the key findings of a multi-year evaluation of the Cities in Schools (CIS) program, a school-based intervention for at-risk youth. Cities in Schools Inc. is a nonprofit corporation that provides training and technical assistance to promote replication of the CIS dropout prevention process in communities and schools. The…
Descriptors: Accountability, Ancillary School Services, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Rossman, Shelli B.; Morley, Elaine – 1995
This synopsis presents the key findings from a multi-year evaluation of the Cities in Schools (CIS) program, a school-based intervention for at-risk youth. Cities in Schools, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation that provides training and technical assistance to promote replication of the CIS dropout prevention process in communities and schools. The…
Descriptors: Accountability, Ancillary School Services, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Hayward, Becky Jon; Tallmadge, G. Kasten – 1995
An evaluation was conducted of a 3-year demonstration program the purpose of which was to demonstrate the efficacy of projects that included vocational education as a key component in encouraging at-risk youth to remain in or return to school. Six of the 10 project grantees, funded under the Cooperative Demonstration Program of the Carl D. Perkins…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs