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Showing 1 to 20 of 125 for “"high school graduation"”.
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Predictors of High School Graduation in Foster Youth
… and special education status could predict high school graduation in foster youth. To conduct the study a group of foster youth that graduated from high school (n=390) was compared to a group of foster youth that did not graduate from high school (n-400). Sample data were fit to a logistic …
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The Effects of Youth Organizations on High School Graduation
… church groups, community recreation sports, high school sports, and other youth organizations provide educational, recreational, and social interaction opportunities for many adolescents in the United States. As sociologists we can ask, what kind of impact do they have on participants? The …
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Ninth-grade interventions and the impact on high school graduation rates
… economically sensible when deciding on new school initiatives and reforms. This is partly due to increasing accountability and tightening school budgets. Hertzog & Morgan (1999) found the freshman year sets the tone for a student‟s entire high school career. Yet, frequently, ninth-graders …
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Enhancing Algorithmic Early Warning Systems with Dynamic Selection to Predict High School Graduation Outcomes
This study highlights the role and importance of advanced, machine learning-driven predictive models in enhancing the accuracy and timeliness of identifying students at-risk of negative academic outcomes in data-driven Early Warning Systems (EWS). K-12 school districts have, at best, 13 years to …
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African American administrators' perspectives: Improving African American male high school graduation rates in San Joaquin County
… of African American administrators on improving graduation rates of African American male public high school students in San Joaquin County. Barriers to graduation completion in San Joaquin County public high schools continue to leave stakeholders looking for solutions to change the status quo …
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The Graduation Pipeline: Investigating the Effects of Juvenile Justice System Contact on High School Graduation Rates
… applied to the prospect of completing high school. Given the systematic similarities between school and the juvenile justice system, the likelihood of reaching academic expectations required to graduate can be shaped by strained encounters connected to experiences with the legal system. …
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A Study of Community College Students Who Participated in a Dual-Enrollment Program Prior to High School Graduation.
… to navigate the invisible barriers between high school and college. The population consisted of 901 students in a community college in northeast Tennessee during the fall of 2007 following high school graduation the previous academic year. Data gathered from dual-enrollment participants were …
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The Relationship Between Teachers' Perceptions Of Student Management With Out-Of-School Suspensions And High School Graduation Rates
… employment trajectories and ultimately guide school improvement. The New Teacher Center found a correlation exists between the Managing Student Conduct construct of the TELL Kentucky Survey responses and student achievement (National Teacher Center, 2013). This study investigates the …
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The Impact of Participation in a Secondary School-Based Mentoring Program on Urban Females After High School Graduation
… rest of her life (Way, 1995). However, secondary school-based mentoring programs can provide the modality to intervene with at-risk urban adolescent females to increase the likelihood of success both while in high school and after high school graduation.</p><p> This study is a …
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The Effects on Washington State Industrial Arts Program of Eliminating the Practical Arts Requirement for High School Graduation
… was made to enable teachers of industrial arts, school administrators, and school boards to fit the industrial arts program of their schools to the changes caused by the elimination of the Practical Arts Requirement.
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IMPACT OF SCHOOL-BASED PERCEIVED RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN MIDDLE SCHOOL ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION AND ACADEMIC ABILITY SELF-CONCEPT
This study will examine how school-based perceived racial discrimination in middle school impacts long-term academic outcomes for African American adolescents via the mediator of depression. The present study will test this model using data from a sample of African American students within the …
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A Qualitative Analysis of High Achieving African-American Females' Perceptions on Factors That Impact on Time High School Graduation in Southeastern Virginia
… attitudes, and successes of a group of high achieving African American female students that impact their on-time high school graduation. On-time graduates are described as students who complete high school in four years. High achieving African-American female students completing high …
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Factors Underlying Local Education Agency Decisions to Adopt or Reject the Use of a Minimum Competency Test as a Requirement for High School Graduation
… education is not working. The solution by some school districts has been to implement a minimum competency test--a test which purports to declare on a pass-fail basis the acquisition of a competency or skill to a predetermined minimum standard--and tie the results of that test to graduation from …
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A Promise Kept in El Dorado? An Evaluation of the Impact of a Universal, Place-Based College Scholarship on K-12 Achievement and High School Graduation
… tuition - for up to five years - to public high school graduates in El Dorado, Arkansas who have attended El Dorado schools since at least the ninth grade. The program was announced in January 2007, and students were able to use the college scholarships in the fall of 2007. School leaders in …
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Applications of Linear Regression and Other Statistical Tools in the Study of Alcohol Sales
… consumer price index, population, and high school graduation rate. For the purposes of developing a reliable regression model, this study focuses on satisfying the seven classical assumptions of ordinary least squares regression. The results of this study show a statistically …
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A Case Study of the Impact of an Intervention Scheduling Model on Academic Achievement in English and Mathematics by Students in Need of Remediation
… of a scheduling intervention on the Georgia High School Graduation Test standardized achievement test scores of students identified as in need of remediation in the content areas of English and mathematics, paired with the perception of this scheduling model from key informants in the study. …
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The effect of a state department of education mentoring program for teachers on science student achievement
… has had on student achievement in participating high schools when compared with high schools across the state where the program had not intervened. The Georgia High School Graduation Test, physical science end-of-course, and biology end-of-course test data, from a three year period, we re …
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Educational Talent Search: Assessing Student Outcomes for First-Generation, Low-Income Students in Rural Georgia
… lowincome students graduating from high school and enrolling in programs of postsecondary study. The purpose of this current study is to determine if there are specific ETS program services that facilitate high school graduation and postsecondary enrollment, specifically at the …
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