ERIC Number: ED131145
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1976-Sep
Pages: 30
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Project Propinquity 1975-76. Research and Evaluation Report, Volume 10, Number 4, September 1976.
Branch, Helen
In the 1974-75 school year, the pilot operation of Project Propinquity begin at Roosevelt High School, Atlanta, Georgia. The project, originated and sponsored by Exodus Inc., was designed to deliver social services to inner-city youth, ages 15 to 19, at the site of delivery of their instructional services. In the 1975-76 school year, the project moved to Smith High School and was enlarged to include approximately 120 students. The principal goal of the project was to provide a support system for adolescents which would allow each one to acquire the self-sustaining knowledge and skills which would reduce the need for social welfare dependency. The critical variables used to assess the achievement of program objectives were: attendance, scores in reading and mathematics, disruptive behavior incidents, attitudes towards school, and grades in regular school subjects. Records of social services delivered were kept in order to give an indication of the relation between social service delivery and growth toward achievement of the objectives. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Compensatory Education, Delivery Systems, Dropout Prevention, Economically Disadvantaged, High School Students, Inner City, Low Achievement, Program Evaluation, Pupil Personnel Services, School Attitudes, Social Services, Student Attitudes, Student Behavior
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Authoring Institution: Atlanta Public Schools, GA.
Identifiers - Location: Georgia (Atlanta)
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