The goal of the Maryland School Performance Program is for each school to offer an excellent education to its students. This report presents performance information for the 1995-96 school year and the evaluation criteria that provide the basis for school improvement. Published by the Maryland State Department of Education, the report contains…

This is Rio Hondo College's (California) institutional report on the retention and graduation behavior of the fall 1995 new student cohort. These students were tracked through 2001 using a longitudinal student-tracking database. The report presents information concerning the assorted variables associated with term-to-term persistence and associate…

Between 1990-2000, there was a decrease in the number of children living in high-poverty neighborhoods, but the picture provided by the decrease in poverty levels alone is incomplete and potentially misleading. Using a more comprehensive measure of neighborhood quality, researchers found that the number of children living in severely distressed…

The National Dropout Prevention Center designed a project, Student Serving Students, to see if students in kindergarten through twelfth grade could help other students who were at risk of dropping out of school. Communities in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina developed a variety of ways for students to meet the needs of children at risk.…

This publication presents information on school statistics for South Dakota and its 176 school districts. Just over half (50.9%) of the state's schools have 1 to 100 students, and only 6.7% enroll more than 500 students. The 1997-98 state enrollment of 132,024 represents a decline from the enrollment of 134,052 in 1995-96. State summary…

The Intervention/Prevention Program in the Wake County Public Schools (North Carolina) provides support to students who are experiencing academic, behavioral, family, and emotional difficulties that interfere with learning. The Student Support Team (SST) at each school provides this support. The SST is a collaborative, multidisciplinary team that…

This paper examines several perspectives and their implications for school social work services to prevent and deal with school failure and dropping out. It examines the different reform efforts and factors involved with dropping out of school. Much of this discussion is shaped by the personal general school social work experiences and knowledge…

Relations among academic achievement, school bonding, school misbehavior, and cigarette use from eighth to twelfth grade were examined in two national and panel samples of youth from the Monitoring the Future project (N=3,056). A series of competing conceptual models developed a priori was tested using structural equation modeling (SEM). The…

This summary of key indicators of educational progress provides information about how South Dakota schools are doing. The publication includes attendance and dropout rates, achievement test scores, ACT Assessment scores, and Board of Regents' feedback on students entering state universities. The information is provided both in statewide summaries…

Identification with academics, or the extent to which academic is central to self-concept, has been linked to academic outcomes conceptually and empirically, at least in samples of white college students. However, Claude Steele's Stereotype Threat Hypothesis (1997) proposes something of a racial paradox, by which the most identified students of…

Key indicators of educational progress in South Dakota are presented for the 1996-97 school year to fulfill the legislative requirement for reporting. The publication includes attendance and dropout rates, achievement test scores, American College Testing assessment scores, and feedback from the Board of Regents on students entering state colleges…

This report contains collective data on Hawaii's schools, showing trends over time and, where appropriate, comparisons with data from other states. It includes data from 246 public schools and 7 school districts for the 1996-97 school year. In 1996-97, enrollment growth, which had exceeded 1.5% for 5 years, declined sharply to 1%. Dropout rates…

This booklet contains 20 that address school Skills. It is designed to be used by teachers who work with troubled youth at risk for not completing high school. Each lesson plan provides a goal, a list of materials and detailed directions on how to implement the lesson. Several handouts that accompany the lessons are included. Lesson goals include:…

Alternatives in junior high, middle, and intermediate schools run the gamut, the researchers of NASSP's exemplary program files discovered. A few of them are described in this article. (Editor)

Describes an innovative program launched at Lincoln High School in Portland, Oregon, to forestall dropping out'' by longtime underachievers. (EA)