Although school-based programs for adolescent mothers have grown, few attempts have been made to evaluate their impact. A review of recent evaluation attempts suggests that school-based programs are not serving a large segment of the pregnant and parenting school-aged population. Intervention efforts are discussed. (Author/BL)

The author suggests procedures to standardize the process of calculating dropout rates and to improve the validity and reliability of data on dropouts. (MT)

A California College helps "high risk" minority women back to classrooms and to feelings of self-worth. (Editor)

Rochester Institute of Technology's program for handicapped students may work equally well with other high-risk'' students. (Editor/PG)

The accomplishments of continuation high schools" in California. (Author/RA)

The author suggests that the hard to reach youngster, potential dropout, and depressed child need the buffer of their peers to begin to work with the school social worker in the process of finding and taking more from the educational system. (Author)

Defines the dropout in terms of his scholastic and social inadequacies, the gravity of his problems, and his need for specialized educational treatment. (GR)

Results of a follow-up study comparing persisting and withdrawing students at Foothill College (California) suggest typical" characteristics, perceptions of the teaching and learning environment, individual academic motivations, and reasons for withdrawal. Analysis of data reveals that almost half the withdrawal group returned to college at…

Treats the proportion of dropouts from secondary schools as leading indicators of the educational system's performance and reviews the use of certain variables for the prediction of dropout flows. The underlying relationships are studied in the form of a two-equation econometric model. (Author/IRT)

Examines differences between clients who did or did not notify mental health providers of intent to discontinue treatment. Findings suggest that the adoption of mutual goals and empathetic counselor attitudes toward client treatment expectations might increase staff awareness of satisfied dropouts who have made therapeutic gains. (Contains 26…

Presents dropout rates for 1998, as well as time series data on high school dropout and completion rates for 1972 to 1998. Also examines the characteristics of high school dropouts and completers in 1998. Uses sample survey data from the Current Population Survey and universe data from the Core of Common Data program. (SLD)

There is a significant need to address the academic outcomes of students with emotional and behavioral disabilities (EBD). Of the 13 federal disability categories under which a student can be classified to receive special education services, students with EBD have the highest dropout rate, the highest failure rate, and pose the most behavioral…

Young people who drop out of high school face long odds of success in a labor market that increasingly values education and skills. This report presents interim results from a rigorous, ongoing evaluation of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program, which aims to "reclaim the lives of at-risk youth" who have dropped out of high school.…

Young people who drop out of high school face long odds of success in a labor market that increasingly values education and skills. This report presents interim results from a rigorous, ongoing evaluation of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program, which aims to "reclaim the lives of at-risk youth" who have dropped out of high school. ChalleNGe…