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Uretsky, Mathew C.; Mirakhur, Zitsi; Clark-Shim, Hyuny; Hill, Kathryn; Henneberger, Angela K. – Children & Schools, 2023
The research on students who do not graduate from high school has traditionally focused on students who drop out before their expected graduation date. This ignores the experiences of "persisters" or "persisting students"--those who remain enrolled in high school on or beyond their expected graduation date, but have yet to earn…
Descriptors: High School Students, Time to Degree, Academic Persistence, Definitions
Clayton, M. Annette; Teasley, Martell L. – Children & Schools, 2022
Although students must successfully navigate transition years in school in pursuit of sustained academic success, not enough is known about the context-linked experiences of African American male adolescents as they seek to traverse their senior year, one of the most important pivotal points in time for all students. This study examined the…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Academic Achievement, Outcomes of Education, African American Students
Hoffman, Jill A.; Anderson-Butcher, Dawn; Fuller, Michael; Bates, Samantha – Children & Schools, 2017
Rural schools face unique challenges that affect student academic success or failure. Youths served in rural settings experience barriers to learning that negatively influence their achievement and developmental outcomes. To improve outcomes for rural youths, it is important for schools to understand overall school experiences so that school-wide…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Student Experience
Context-Linked Influences on the Achievement Outcomes of African American Female High School Seniors
Clayton, M. Annette – Children & Schools, 2017
The study discussed in this article examined the relationships between support from parents, teachers, and peers; contextual risks; and select achievement outcomes in a representative sample of African American female high school seniors enrolled in an urban school district in southeastern Virginia. Quantitative analysis revealed that some support…
Descriptors: African American Students, Females, High School Seniors, Context Effect
Uretsky, Mathew C.; Stone, Susan – Children & Schools, 2016
Little is known about academic performance among homeless high school students, although correlates of academic performance are well documented among their peers in the elementary and middle school grades. This study explores the relationship between student-level demographic and academic performance indicators (for example, grade point average…
Descriptors: Homeless People, High School Students, Exit Examinations, Performance Factors
Anyon, Yolanda; Nicotera, Nicole; Veeh, Christopher A. – Children & Schools, 2016
Schoolwide interventions are among the most effective approaches for improving students' behavioral and academic outcomes. However, researchers have documented consistent challenges with implementation fidelity and have argued that school social workers should be engaged in efforts to improve treatment integrity. This study examines contextual…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Intervention, Program Implementation
Peters, S. Colby; Woolley, Michael E. – Children & Schools, 2015
Data from the School Success Profile generated by 19,228 middle and high school students were organized into three broad categories of risk and protective factors--control, support, and challenge--to examine the relative and combined power of aggregate scale scores in each category so as to predict academic success. It was hypothesized that higher…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Success, Risk, Risk Assessment
Franklin, Cynthia; Streeter, Calvin L.; Kim, Johnny S.; Tripodi, Stephen J. – Children & Schools, 2007
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a solution-focused, alternative school in preventing students from dropping out of high school. A quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest group design was used with 85 students to examine differences in credits earned, attendance, and graduation rates. Follow-up data on students in the experimental group were…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Experimental Groups, Credits, Graduation Rate