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Ethan R. Van Norman; Emily R. Forcht – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2024
This study evaluated the forecasting accuracy of trend estimation methods applied to time-series data from computer adaptive tests (CATs). Data were collected roughly once a month over the course of a school year. We evaluated the forecasting accuracy of two regression-based growth estimation methods (ordinary least squares and Theil-Sen). The…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Predictive Measurement, Predictive Validity, Predictor Variables
Davis, Marcia H. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2023
U.S. Department of Education research indicates that early warning indicator systems are being used in at least half of high schools in the United States. Previous findings from an efficacy study of one early warning indicator and response system, the Early Warning Indicator (EWI) team model, indicated that ninth grade students in schools using…
Descriptors: High Schools, High School Students, Grade 9, Dropout Prevention
Thompson, Karen D.; Rodriguez-Mojica, Claudia – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2023
Prior research has documented how current policies and practices reinforce deficit perspectives of multilingual students at the secondary level, particularly students who have been labeled as long-term English learners. At the same time, scholars have argued for a need to collect detailed, individualized information about multilingual students'…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Rural Schools, School Districts, English (Second Language)
Hubbard, Lea; Metz-Matthews, Kelly; Resultan, Barbara – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2022
Educators, researchers, and policy makers concerned about college under-enrollment among underserved groups of students have traditionally focused reform efforts at the high school level. Over the last several decades, however, there has been a growing interest in improving college readiness beginning at the elementary level. Recently, the…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes
Chaparro, Erin A.; Smolkowski, Keith; Gunn, Barbara; Dennis, Caroline; Vadasy, Patricia – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2022
This paper reports the outcomes of an experimental evaluation of "Direct Instruction Spoken English" ("DISE"), an English language curriculum that focuses on developing English speaking, listening, and comprehension skills in English Learners (ELs). Twenty-nine middle schools in three states were randomly assigned to teach…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Welsh, Richard O. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2022
School discipline is a significant problem of practice and policy. The differences in disciplinary patterns across schooling levels have received relatively little attention. This study examines the differences in disciplinary infractions and consequences across elementary, middle, and high schools. The results illustrate there are important…
Descriptors: Discipline, Discipline Policy, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools
Toste, Jessica R.; Raley, Sheida K.; Gross Toews, Samantha; Shogren, Karrie A.; Coelho, Gabriela – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2021
Students with disabilities experience pronounced inequities in the education system, which have been compounded by risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The current study sought to understand the experiences of students with disabilities and the strengths that facilitated their wellbeing during this period of adversity. In summer 2020,…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Individual Power, Personal Autonomy, Self Advocacy
Locquiao, Jed; Abernathy, Tammy V.; Mesina, Olga L.; Liu, Leping – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2021
Abundant empirical research points to a significant number of students not going to school across the United States. Further yet, there exists strong research consensus that absenteeism predicts negative and persistent academic outcomes for students. LEAs and related stakeholders have rightly adopted measurement and intervention on student…
Descriptors: Attendance, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Grade 3
Soland, James; Sandilos, Lia E. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2021
Due in part to the challenges associated with learning a new language, English language learners (ELLs) typically begin school with lower achievement than their non-ELL peers, and those achievement gaps often close slowly if at all. A separate body of research shows that achievement is associated with social-emotional learning constructs like…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Self Efficacy, Achievement Gap, English (Second Language)
Mollette, Melinda; Villa, Brandi; Cate, Debbie – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2020
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, dropping out is a persistent problem among 15- to 24-year-olds. Researchers have noted school districts that have been able to improve graduation rates have often done so through the "development of innovative models and pathways that help young people get back on track to…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Potential Dropouts, Middle School Students, Intervention
Provinzano, Kathleen; Sondergeld, Toni A.; Ammar, Alia A.; Meloche, Alysha – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2020
In recent years, community school (CS) reform efforts have been established and implemented as a method of realizing comprehensive school reform in under-performing school districts. This study investigates the impact of one CS initiative in a middle school on student academic and nonacademic outcomes over time and compared to a propensity score…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Educational Change, Middle Schools, Academic Achievement
Baker, Ryan S.; Berning, Andrew W.; Gowda, Sujith M.; Zhang, Shizhu; Hawn, Aaron – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2020
Dropout remains a persistent challenge within high school education. In this paper, we present a case study on automatically detecting whether a student is at-risk of dropout within a diverse school district in Texas. We predict whether a student will drop out in a future school year from data on students' discipline, attendance, course-taking,…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, High School Students, Dropout Prevention, Student Diversity
Galloway, Mollie K.; Ishimaru, Ann M. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2020
The current study examined the role formal leaders can play in creating routines and practices to foster and sustain organizational leadership of equity-focused teams of educators, parents, and students in schools. Using a case study methodology, we explored how a Black female K-8 school leader steeped in social justice leadership work and a white…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Capacity Building, Principals, Social Justice
McKinney de Royston, Maxine; Madkins, Tia C. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2019
Public schools in the United States have struggled to determine whether their mandate is simply knowledge transmission or includes the development and well-being of the whole child. Contemporary realities of resegregation and inequality have prompted many districts to embrace this latter notion and consider the Full Service Community Schools…
Descriptors: Public Schools, African American Students, Middle Schools, High Schools
Durham, Rachel E.; Shiller, Jessica; Connolly, Faith – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2019
This mixed methods study examines the relationship between full-service community schools (FSCSs) and student attendance in Baltimore City Public Schools. We hypothesize the FSCS strategy promotes student attendance by building meaningful partnerships between families and schools via personal relationships and systematic opportunities for…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Public Schools, Correlation, Family School Relationship
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