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Whelan, Carol Scott; And Others – 1990
An evaluation of a statewide dropout prevention strategy program with 13 prevention projects conducted by the Louisiana State Department of Education in the 1988-89 school year is presented. Both summative and process evaluations are described. The attitudes of 831 10th-grade students were measured using a pretest and posttest attitude survey…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Formative Evaluation
Kim, Yungho; Wright, Calvin E. – 1987
The Special Education Division of the California State Department of Education funded six pilot programs as part of a state-legislated Awareness Program. The goal of the programs was to make nonhandicapped students in grades K-8 aware of the special problems encountered by disabled persons. This study evaluates the effectiveness of the Awareness…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Change Strategies, Cognitive Restructuring
Perspectives on South Carolina Educational Reform, 1990
A major provision of the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 established the requirement for a high school exit examination (HSEE) for all 10th-grade students. Passage of the HSEE is a condition for the receipt of a state high school diploma. The HSEE is an outgrowth of the South Carolina Basic Skills Assessment Program, which…
Descriptors: Exit Examinations, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12
Download full textFlores, Antonio – 1993
This paper reviews and critiques empirical evidence concerning knowledge gaps and misconceptions among secondary school students, parents/guardians, and educators about postsecondary education and student financial assistance opportunities and prerequisites, in particular, how Michigan's middle school based Project Awareness may affect student…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Attendance, College Bound Students, Data Analysis
