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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
Download full textMaack, Stephen C. – 2001
The Academic Assistance System (AAS) at Rio Hondo College in California is the early academic warning system that flags students in academic trouble. The AAS aims to assist these at-risk students through counseling, time management/study skills workshops, tutoring, and other programs. Students who received early warning letters and who responded…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Failure, Community Colleges, Dropout Prevention
