ERIC Number: ED289899
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987-Jul
Pages: 22
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Launching toward Success: The School-Community Guidance Center and the Transitional Academic Program. Evaluation, 1986-87.
Frazer, Linda H.
Evaluations of two Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) programs are contained in this report: (1) The School-Community Guidance Center (SCGC); and (2) The Transitional Academic Program (TAP). SCGC is a program serving incorrigible and delinquent students at two locations: the F. R. Rice Secondary School and the Travis County Juvenile Detention Center. A total of 993 students were served in 1986-87. Follow-up was made of the attendance, achievement, and drop-out rate of the 401 AISD students at Rice. At the end of the year 82% remained in school, and attendance at the home school increased, but only 38% had a passing grade-point average in the home schools. Project specialists provided these high risk students services in the area of school attendance, academic achievement, disruptive behavior, and contact with the courts. The report follows a question and answer format with both text and graphics utilized to report student characteristics and program results. The second program reported, TAP, served students referred for academic problems. These students needed to pass promotion requirements for grades seven and eight while also taking courses at higher levels. Two secondary schools (grades 7-12) were sites for this program. The total TAP enrollment during 1986-87 was 290 students. Students were assigned to TAP for one semester. Ninety percent of the students eligible for mid-year promotion were promoted. (MDE)
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation.
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