Dropout Prevention. What Works Clearinghouse Topic Report

Institution	What Works Clearinghouse (ED)
Titel	Dropout Prevention. What Works Clearinghouse Topic Report
Quelle	(2007), (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Dropouts; School Restructuring; Incentives; Dropout Programs; Community Services; Career Academies; Academic Achievement; Dropout Prevention; School Counseling; Curriculum Design; Academic Persistence; School Holding Power; Hispanic American Students; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Anreiz; Gemeindenahe Versorgung; Berufsakademie; Schulleistung; School counselling; Pädagogische Beratung; Lehrplangestaltung; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; USA
Abstract	Dropout prevention programs are school- and community-based initiatives that aim to keep students in school and encourage them to complete their high school education. To be included in the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) review, programs have to operate within the United States and include dropout prevention as one of their primary objectives. Programs that aim primarily to address risky behaviors correlated with dropping out--such as delinquency, drug use, and teen pregnancy--are not included. The reviewed programs provide a mix of services, such as counseling, monitoring, school restructuring, curriculum redesign, financial incentives, and community services to mitigate factors impeding academic success. The review focused on three outcome domains: staying in school, progressing in school, and completing school. The WWC looked at 59 studies of 16 dropout prevention programs that qualified for its review. Of these, 16 studies of 11 programs met WWC evidence standards--7 without reservations and 9 with reservations. The five other programs did not have studies that met WWC evidence screens. In looking at the three outcome domains for the 11 programs: (1) ALAS (Achievement for Latinos through Academic Success) had potentially positive effects on staying in school and on progressing in school; (2) Career Academies had potentially positive effects on staying in school and on progressing in school; and (3) Check & Connect had positive effects on staying in school and potentially positive effects on progressing in school. Five other programs had potentially positive effects in one domain. Three had no discernible effects in any of the three domains. (Contains 3 figures and 2 tables.) [Fifty-nine studies are reviewed in this intervention report.] (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