Alternative Education's Impact on Office Disciplinary Referrals

Autor/inn/en	Gut, Eva; McLaughlin, John M.
Titel	Alternative Education's Impact on Office Disciplinary Referrals
Quelle	In: Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 85 (2012) 6, S.231-236 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-8655
DOI	10.1080/00098655.2012.695409
Schlagwörter	At Risk Students; Program Effectiveness; Nontraditional Education; Public Schools; Statistical Significance; Discipline; Student Behavior; Referral; Behavior Problems; School Safety; Weapons; Antisocial Behavior; Comparative Analysis; Partnerships in Education; High School Students; Middle School Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Disziplin; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Weapon; Waffe; Hochschulpartnerschaft; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule
Abstract	Disruptive behaviors negatively impact learning by taking time away from classroom instruction (Gottlieb and Polirstok 2005) and may also produce unsafe school environments. This study examined changes in the number of office disciplinary referrals (ODRs) received in public schools prior to and following the schools partnering with one particular alternative education provider. Significant decreases were found for some specific referral categories, including: threat/intimidation, tobacco, weapons (knife), and total state reportable incidents. Decreases in fighting and other disciplinary incidents approached statistical significance. These results illustrate the decreases in some serious ODRs in public schools after providing an alternative setting for at-risk students, potentially indicating increased safety in the public schools. This study provides initial insight into the impact of providing alternative education programs on traditional, public schools. (Contains 1 table and 7 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10