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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

Kaplan, Jay L.; Luck, Edward C. – Educational Forum, 1977
Attempts to define the causes and implications of the failure of schools to educate fully a significant number of students from lower and middle class backgrounds and the failure of these students to absorb what the schools offer. Focuses on absenteeism and the dropout problem. Also examines past efforts to meet these problems in order to appraise…
Descriptors: Attendance, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research, Dropouts
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
Mokler, Mary M.; Hernandez, Francisca – 1987
This is an external evaluation of the "Career Education and High School Completion Project for Girls and Young Women" at the Crownpoint (New Mexico) Institute of Technology (CIT). The project, funded by the federal Women's Educational Equity Act Program (WEEAP), targeted primarily Navajo females age 18 and under in grades 7 through 12…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
Thompson, John L.; And Others – 1978
Project SAIL (Student Advocates Inspire Learning) is a Title IV-C Project located in Hopkins, Minnesota, designed to prevent students from dropping out of school by keeping them successfully involved in the mainstream environment. This study presents a review of other dropout prevention approaches, describes the intervention strategies involved in…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Group Counseling
Fardig, Diane – 1992
The purpose of this evaluation is to provide formative Information about selected Orange County Public Schools (CPS) dropout prevention and retrieval programs. The following seven alternative learning programs were evaluated: School-Within-a-School; Alternative Resource Elementary Classrooms; The Challenge Center; The Plaza Center; BETA and ACEPT…
Descriptors: Continuation Students, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
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
Utah Research Coordinating Unit for Vocational and Technical Education, Salt Lake City. – 1970
To evaluate the effectiveness of a commuter job corps program, evaluation data were obtained from participants, instructors, administrators, and a control group. Designed specifically for high school dropouts and run in conjunction with the local school districts, this program was evaluated in terms of (1) student retention, (2) return-to-school…
Descriptors: Commuting Students, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Followup Studies

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
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)
Croxford, Linda; And Others – 1996
A project analyzed the impact of Youth Credits, a new system for funding youth training. The system was introduced as a pilot project by 10 English/Welsh Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs). Focus was on early school leavers' participation in training and on their achievement of vocational qualifications. Data were obtained from the Youth…
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Educational Finance, Federal Aid
Oxley, Diana; And Others – 1990
This report concludes that the house plan should be the centerpiece of a systematic restructuring of New York City neighborhood high schools to reduce the dropout rate and improve academic achievement. The house plan is based on the subdivision of one or more grades into smaller schools within schools. Long-term monitoring of New York City dropout…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Educational Improvement
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Support Programs. – 1987
This document evaluates Eight Percent Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Programs operated in North Carolina's public schools during the 1986-87 school year. Data were received from local education agencies (LEAs) operating 13 Extended School Day Programs, 5 Spring Start-Up Extended School Day Programs, and 3 Dropout Youth Projects. Data on the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Compensatory Education, Disabilities, Dropout Programs
Massey, Sara R.; Crosby, Jeanie – 1982
In 1979 a program was initiated at the Georges Valley High School in Thomaston, Maine, to identify high risk students who would be likely to drop out of high school and then to design and implement a program for ninth grade students that would motivate them to stay in school. A subsequent review of the impact of the program on its participants…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Experiential Learning, High Risk Students