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Download full textBatsche, Catherine; And Others – 1984
This study examined characteristics of programs in which students were enrolled to determine which activities were most effective in dealing with dropouts. The study attempted to validate program components that have previously been associated with retentive capacity. Seventy-six exemplary programs for dropouts were selected to participate in the…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
Los Angeles Unified School District, CA. – 1986
This report discusses the situation--a 43 percent attrition rate in public schools--leading to the formation of the Dropout Prevention and Recovery (DPR) program, implemented in the Los Angeles Unified School District in January 1985, and describes activities undertaken as part of the pilot program. The main body of the report, presented in…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Hamby, John V. – 1992
The exemplary high school dropout prevention programs funded by the federal Vocational Education Cooperative Demonstration Program that are profiled in this document reveal several elements necessary for success in an enhanced vocational education program: (1) highly qualified and emotionally stable staff; (2) curriculum and instruction that…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Grannis, Joseph; And Others – 1988
This evaluation of the second-year (1986-87) implementation of the New York City (New York) Dropout Prevention Initiative (DPI) in 13 high schools focuses on student characteristics and outcomes, with a discussion of a set of statistical data on program services, findings on school-level indicators of program effectiveness, and an analysis of…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention
Quint, Janet C.; And Others – 1991
New Chance was designed as a research and demonstration program to improve the economic status and general well-being of highly disadvantaged young women and their children. The program was directed toward mothers aged 16 to 22 who were high school dropouts and receiving welfare. Sixteen sites in 10 states that had some prior experience in serving…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adolescents, Attendance, Attrition (Research Studies)
Bouton, Richard A. – 1989
A model program for Limited English Proficient (LEP) students at risk of dropping out was established through the enhancement of existing programs and classes at Corpus Christi Independent School District. The model combined and coordinated components of vocational education, alternatives to social promotion, English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL)…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, High Risk Students
