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Robin Clausen – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2024
Policy research established that it is possible to predict a student will drop out of school based on academic, attendance, behavior indicators. Little is known about the processes that put Early Warning Systems (EWS) in place. This case study of the Montana EWS describes the characteristics of a statewide implementation, the efficiency of the EWS…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, High School Students, Graduation, Graduation Rate
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2010
The "National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program" is a residential education and training program designed for youth ages 16 to 18 who have dropped out of or been expelled from high school. During the 22-week residential period, participants are offered GED preparation classes and other program services intended to promote positive youth…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, At Risk Students, Job Skills, Leadership
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Somers, Cheryl L.; Owens, Delila; Piliawsky, Monte – Education, 2009
This study describes the results of a research evaluation of a school dropout prevention program and adolescents' self-reported perceptions of their motivations and role models. The program was a partnership between an urban university and an urban school district that was designed to prevent 9th grade students from dropping out of high school. It…
Descriptors: Role Models, Urban Schools, Low Income Groups, Dropout Programs
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2009
The study examined whether participating in the "National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program", a quasi-military residential/mentoring program for dropouts, improved the educational and other outcomes of at-risk youth. The study analyzed data on about 1,000 16- to 18-year-old high school dropouts enrolled in 10 ChalleNGe programs throughout…
Descriptors: High School Students, Mentors, Program Evaluation, Dropouts
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Somers, Gerald G.; Stromsdorfer, Ernst W. – Journal of Human Resources, 1972
Significant monetary benefits, due mainly to increased and improved labor market participation, found in combined in-school and summer Neighborhood Youth Corps programs, although no net benefit in high school retention and graduation rates. (MF)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Federal Programs
Citizens' Committee for Children of New York, NY. – 1990
The Living for the Young Family through Education (LYFE) program is a school-based daycare and support program for adolescent parents and their children in the New York City Public Schools. Infants receive daycare services in the LYFE nursery, usually located in the high school. Parents receive social services provided by a social worker and…
Descriptors: Day Care, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Early Parenthood
Erickson, Edsel; Wortham, James – 1971
The objective of the Benjamin Franklin Urban League Street Academy, funded under Title I of the Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965, is to help students to stay in school or to help dropouts to return to school, or enter the world of work prepared and motivated to adjust and achieve satisfactorily. The major evaluation objectives of this…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
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
Teaching and Learning Research Corp., New York, NY. – 1970
The purpose of the Benjamin Franklin Urban League Street Academy Program is to help students stay in school, help dropouts to return to school, or help students enter the job market. The program was evaluated in three categories: East Side Cluster Service, summer enrichment, and educational programs. The major evaluation objectives were to…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Urban Ed, Inc., New York, NY. – 1969
The Street Academy is a program designed to meet the dropout as an individual--to assist, help and support him continually in his daily life. The academies operate from store-fronts located in neighborhoods where there are large concentrations of school dropouts. They are staffed, at the minimum, by a project director, a street worker, and a…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Educational Change
Smyer, Roxane; Bliss, Kris – 1991
This report describes an evaluation of Project Success, a dropout prevention program at Crockett High School in Austin (Texas). The class centered program provided incentives for improved educational performance and attendance of at-risk ninth-grade students in the 1990-91 school year. The project served 103 students over the fall 1990 and spring…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Petrello, George J. – 1976
The Auxiliary Services for High Schools Program (ASHS) in New York City is a service oriented alternative school concept and optional learning environment established to serve educationally disadvantaged students who have found it difficult to function in the traditional high school setting, and as a result, have become school dropouts. This…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Counseling, Dropout Programs, English (Second Language)
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Stern, David; And Others – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1989
Results from an evaluation of 11 academy programs in California high schools designed to reduce dropout rates in the state are reported for 1987-88. Results of the matched comparison study were generally positive, and the estimated net economic benefit from dropout prevention for 327 students was 1 to 1.3 million dollars. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Mei, Dolores M.; And Others – 1990
The 1988/89 New York City high school Inquiry Demonstration Project (IDP) met or surpassed its evaluation criteria. The IDP comprised the Urban Academy, a laboratory school serving high-risk students, and an on-site staff development program in seven high schools. The overall goal was to promote the use of the inquiry method in the classroom. The…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, High Risk Students
Natriello, Gary; And Others – 1988
This report develops a topology of approaches to high school dropout prevention, and uses it to examine and review the effectiveness of existing programs, and to identify major gaps in current practice and research. Research on dropouts was reviewed to identify the kinds of students who drop out and their reasons for dropping out. Based on this…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
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