The Auxiliary Services for High Schools Program (ASHS) in New York City is a service oriented alternative school concept and optional learning environment established to serve educationally disadvantaged students who have found it difficult to function in the traditional high school setting, and as a result, have become school dropouts. This program provides counseling, remediation in reading and mathematics, high school equivalency preparation, bilingual, and English as a second language studies, and post secondary school counseling. It also makes referrals to both private and public agencies which provide services not offered by the Board of Education. About 1,691 students were expected to participate in the program. Standardized test results in reading and in mathematics indicate that significant growth in these two areas were achieved. The average student attendance amounted to almost seven months for a total of sixty-one days of instruction. One of the aspects of the program which accounted for the significant achievement results in math and reading was the alternative school organizational structure which encouraged self-motivation. This factor, combined with individualized instruction and a small group instructional setting, contributed to the success of the program. (Author/AM)