Researchers target 9th grade as the make or break year for completing high school. During the 9th-grade year, many students for the first time have to earn passing grades in core courses, and these core courses are typically some of the toughest and most rigorous academic classes a student must take in high school. Furthermore, the rising use of…

This report describes procedures to develop and implement a program to reduce ninth grade failure rates at a high school of 1,200 students in the center of a western city of 100,000. It is noted that grading data collected at the middle school and the high school levels have indicated that the number of failing grades increased substantially as…

The report of the National Longitudinal Transition Study presents initial findings on the educational and employment experiences since 1985-86 of more than 8,000 youth (ages 13 to 23) with disabilities. The report addresses two questions: How are youth with disabilities doing in their transition to adulthood? and What factors appear to have helped…