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New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
The 1984-85 age-grade distribution for the New York City Public Schools shows that one-third of the city's approximately 850,000 general education and resource room students were above the standard age for their grade. The proportion of overage students increased in the upper grades; in grades nine, ten, and eleven, over half were above standard…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Age Grade Placement, Dropout Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Malmberg, Steven Robert – 1983
The case study of the establishment of the rural community-based Sault Ste. Marie Area Public Schools' Alternative High School, emphasizing basic academic skills, and with a high Native American minority student population (16 years or older), shows that alienated youths, when given the opportunity and support, tend to show significant growth in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, American Indian Education, Basic Skills
