Check & Connect. What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report

Titel	Check & Connect. What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report
Quelle	(2006), (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Dropouts; Dropout Prevention; Mentors; Program Effectiveness; Student Attrition; Secondary School Students; School Holding Power; Academic Achievement; Program Evaluation; Educational Attainment; Minnesota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Schülerbeurlaubung; Sekundarschüler; Schulleistung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut
Abstract	"Check & Connect" is a dropout prevention strategy that relies on close monitoring of school performance, as well as mentoring, case management, and other supports. The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) reviewed six studies on "Check & Connect" that were designed to assess the program's effectiveness. Four of these studies passed WWC relevance screens--they focused on the program's effectiveness among middle and high school students and examined outcomes from at least one of the three relevant domains: staying in school, progressing in school, and completing school. Of these four studies, one met WWC evidence standards and another met WWC evidence standards with reservations. These latter two studies included a total of more than 200 students attending Minneapolis high schools. In both studies the students entered the program at the beginning of the ninth grade. The studies examined the program's effects in three dropout prevention domains considered by the WWC: staying in school, progressing in school, and completing school. These two studies found positive effects on staying in school and potentially positive effects on progressing in school. The studies found no discernible effects on completing school on time (within four years of entering ninth grade). (Contains 8 footnotes.) [This publication was produced by the What Works Clearinghouse. The following two studies are reviewed in this intervention report: (1) Sinclair, M. F., Christenson, S. L., Evelo, D. L., & Hurley, C. M. (1998). Dropout Prevention for Youth with Disabilities: Efficacy of a Sustained School Engagement Procedure. "Exceptional Children," 65(1), 7-21; and (2) Sinclair, M. F., Christenson, S. L., & Thurlow, M. L. (2005). Promoting School Completion of Urban Secondary Youth with Emotional or Behavioral Disabilities. "Exceptional Children," 71(4), 465-482.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	What Works Clearinghouse. 550 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20024; e-mail: contact.WWC@ed.gov; Web site: https://whatworks.ed.gov/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2021/2/06