This paper asks whether the integrated training provision currently offered through the different Spanish Second Chance Programmes (SCPs) constitutes a valid response to the educational needs and deficits known to exist among those young people who do not satisfactorily complete the Compulsory Secondary Education stage (ESO). The objectives of the…

Over the last decade, between 347,000 and 544,000 10th- through 12th-grade students left school each year without successfully completing a high school program Status dropout rates represent the proportion of young people ages 16 through 24 who are out of school and who have not earned a high school credential. Status rates are higher than event…

We study a set of programs implemented in Philadelphia high schools that focus on boosting high school graduation, and especially college attendance, using data from the Philadelphia Educational Longitudinal Study (PELS). We examine the effects of these programs on a set of schooling-related outcomes during and after high school. The PELS data-set…

The continuation high school exists to help the dropout become a useful member of society. (CK)

Continuation schools were developed to enable students to continue earning a high school diploma while they worked, often full time, to support themselves and their families. Traditionally, continuation schools were home to poor teachers, narrowed curriculum and an unwelcoming culture. Intuitively, students attending today's continuation schools…

Although students from California high schools are sent to continuation schools primarily because of attendance and behavior problems, assessment measures suggest the presence of a number of unidentified learning-disabled students in those schools. (Author)

The accomplishments of continuation high schools" in California. (Author/RA)

Examined psychodynamics of students enrolled in continuation high school. Forty continuation students completed Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale and questionnaire on student experiences in wide range of areas. Findings revealed that students had adequate self-concepts. Responses to questionnaire appeared to suggest that students were…

Alternative education programs have existed in Washington for several years, providing new ways to meet students' needs by increasing system capacities for flexibility and choice. This directory of the 125 schools that are currently providing this type of education details the following information about each: staffing, purpose of the program,…

Describes a program for helping middle school dropouts to enter high school. Details the process for assessing program need; recaps efforts to include younger dropouts in a program; and reports success in determining a solution to the problem of overage students in middle school. Lists 13 program strengths and four criteria for gauging success.…