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Direct linkRoy A. Roberts Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2024
A qualitative approach was utilized in this study to examine four transition programs' best educational practices in building transition programs for eighth to ninth grade. An analysis of a retrospective study of the four transition programs provided data to support recommendations for best educational practices to build a transition program for…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Program Implementation, Transitional Programs, Middle Schools
Download full textCenter for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement, 2009
Across the nation, school policymakers are grappling with what to do about the increasing numbers of students who do not advance beyond ninth grade. National estimates put the student attrition rate before tenth grade at between 11 and 33 percent, and only about 70 percent of ninth graders make it to graduation. This policy brief focuses on one…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Summer Programs, Grade 9, Student Attrition
Baenen, Nancy R.; Hopkins, Patricia – 1989
Two alternatives to retention in grade for secondary school students were evaluated in Austin (Texas). Both were designed to allow students who are potential retainees (PRs) to receive remediation in one semester. The Transitional Academic Program (TAP) allows PRs to enroll in ninth-grade courses while repeating eighth-grade courses they had…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Repetition
Peer reviewedYakimowski-Strebnick, Mary E.; Adedoyin, Kimberly Clark; Connolly, Faith – ERS Spectrum, 2003
The Baltimore City Public School System's (BCPSS) Grade 9 Transition Program was implemented in 2001-02. It is designed to increase student achievement in an era of No Child Left Behind federal legislation by providing additional time and learning opportunities for eighth-grade students who have not met all promotion standards established by the…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement, Criterion Referenced Tests
Tilfas, Salpasr; Spencer, Mary L. – 1990
The Kosrae (Micronesia) Department of Education operated a Title VII transitional bilingual education program from 1986-89, targeting the 1986-87 cohort of seventh graders. During the first 2 years, the students attended five village elementary schools, and during the third year attended the high school. This cohort had been targeted in previous…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Classroom Observation Techniques, Community Involvement
Baenen, Nancy R.; Hopkins, Patricia – 1988
The Austin (Texas) Independent School District's (AISD) programs that were developed as alternatives to retention in grade for low-achieving students were studied. The AISD had 19 elementary transition classes (all-day classes, language arts, and language arts/mathematics) in 17 schools for 282 first and second graders in 1987-88. The Transitional…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Repetition
