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District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1990
The Junior High School Intensive Care and School Involvement Program (ICSIP) in Washington (District of Columbia) was designed to supplement the regular educational program in four junior high schools by providing academic support, delivering social services to at-risk students, improving the school climate, and mentoring potential dropouts.…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Educational Improvement, Extended School Day
Download full textHayward, Becky Jon – 1992
This paper discusses the evaluation of 4 of the 12 project sites that are participating in a U.S. Department of Education demonstration program to implement dropout prevention or reentry models that include vocational education as the key intervention strategy. The evaluation study includes the following: (1) identification of factors that affect…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Educational Improvement
Wilkinson, David; And Others – 1989
The Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) obtained federal grant funds for a school dropout demonstration assistance program, which began operating in 1988-89 as Project GRAD (Grant Research About Dropouts). Project components included the following: (1) piloting the use of dropout intervention specialists at 10 high schools; (2)…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1989
Each of the 1989 dropout prevention programs funded under the New York City Attendance Improvement Dropout Prevention (AIDP) Demonstration and Replication Program was successful in meeting some of its objectives, and all of the programs were viewed as valuable by principals and teachers. The program encourages the design and implementation of…
Descriptors: Attendance, Conflict Resolution, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs
Archer, Elayne; And Others – 1989
High school academies are three-year schools-within-schools offering economically disadvantaged students an integrated academic-vocational education, career development and enrichment activities, and nonacademic supports and employment opportunities. The academies represent a many-faceted approach to linking business and industry with schools,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
Institute for Educational Development, New York, NY. – 1973
Harlem Preparatory School is an independent, nongraded, alternative school for young men and women who have either left high school before receiving a diploma, who wish to receive an academic diploma rather than a general or vocational diploma, or who wish to "recondition" their learning skills so that they may be better prepared to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Admission, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Programs
Fleming, Elyse; And Others – 1974
The intent of the evaluation studies reported here was two-fold: (1) to determine the promising practices of three alternative schools in Greater Cleveland, and (2) to determine which of those practices identified as promising would be feasible for incorporation into the public schools. Each substudy includes an overview, a description of the…
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices, Elementary Education
Greater Newark Chamber of Commerce, NJ. – 1973
A four-month study undertaken by the Greater Newark Chamber of Commerce with the cooperation of various educational and vocational institutions and business organizations is reported. Discussed are planning and organization for career education, philosophy and roles, financing activities and business-educator relationships. Course offerings are…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Involvement, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Educational Management Services, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn. – 1973
This document presents the evaluation plan and the evaluation activities and findings for the project described in VT 020 441 available in this issue. This project was designed to be an exemplary project using an environmental focus to establish career education in a Minnesota school district. Evaluation activities are divided into the components…
Descriptors: Career Education, Comparative Analysis, Coordination, Developmental Programs
Fishman, Roger J.; Edwards, Graynle D. – 1972
The Edison Project is an ESEA Title VIII dropout prevention program for 250 tenth grade students who were identified as potential dropouts on the basis of previous attendance, grades, and grade level retention. Some of the problems that affect student attendance have been found to be gangs, money, race, and relevance of education. The project was…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Attendance Records, Career Development, Curriculum Development
Council of the Southern Mountains, Inc., Berea, KY. – 1971
The purpose of the Student Taught Adult Basic Literacy Efforts (STABLE) project was the involvement of adult illiterates, functional illiterates, and educational dropouts who do not take advantage of other educational and vocational training opportunities in basic education, using mature college students as teachers. Thirty students were trained…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Programs, Dropout Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Drane, H. Tupper – 1971
Project Stay is a demonstration project of the St. Louis Public Schools, funded under Title VIII of Public Law 90-247, with several programs concentrating on reducing the number of dropouts. The project has the purpose of identifying students who are potential dropouts, determining their individual needs, and developing programs to meet those…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics
Paducah Public Schools, KY. – 1971
Project VIII is an innovative behavioral science oriented educational program, funded under Title VIII Elementary Secondary Education Act, designed to attack the personal, social, and educational problems of children whose previous record of school failure and frustration has indicated high dropout potential. The program is operated as a…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Peer reviewedRossi, Robert J.; Vergun, Pamela B.; Weise, Larry J. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 1997
Describes the Cooperative Alternative Program (CAP), Coleman (Texas), an example of the way a rural high school for at-risk students has established a sense of community while improving the achievement of its rural students. This case study shows how CAP faced its economic and collaborative challenges. (SLD)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Dropout Programs, Economic Factors
Wilkinson, David; Mangino, Evangelina – 1994
The Office of Research and Evaluation (ORE) of the Austin Independent School District (AISD) (Texas) reviews the effectiveness of many of the school district's special programs. In 1992-93, ORE reviewed 60 programs or program components. Cost effectiveness was calculated for 31 programs, using an achievement effect measure for 10, a dropout…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Cost Effectiveness, Dropout Prevention
