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Davies, Scott; McKerrow, Mark – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2023
Summer numeracy interventions have become standard educational practice across a range of jurisdictions, but there is a paucity of evaluations of those interventions across international settings. We employ a quasi-experimental evaluation of voluntary summer numeracy programs for 569 attendees and 2,193 comparison students in grades 1-3, conducted…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Numeracy, Grade 1, Grade 2
Panina-Beard, Natalia; Vadeboncoeur, Jennifer A. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2022
Young people attending alternative programs often have histories of schooling shaped by inequities; both leave negative traces on learning and identities. Collectively, they share the experience of early school leaving and limited options for high school completion in alternative programs. The purpose of this article is to describe…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Nontraditional Education, Transformative Learning, Inclusion
Hofer, Gigi; Perry, Nancy E.; Mykkanen, Arttu; Brenner, Charlotte – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2021
We examine youths' perceptions of their experiences in one of two senior alternative education programs. We used self-determination theory (SDT) as a sensitizing lens to specifically understand students' perceptions of whether and how their basic psychological needs--needs for autonomy, belonging, and competence--were fostered in the context of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Self Determination, Nontraditional Education, Personal Autonomy
Sloat, Elizabeth A.; Audas, Richard P.; Willms, J. Douglas – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2007
This article presents an outcome-based model for evaluating school and community programs serving at-risk adolescents, and a cost-effective technique for comparing the progress of youth receiving an intervention with youth in a pseudocontrol group. The outcomes considered most important for success were derived from the literature pertaining to…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Community Programs, Program Evaluation, Cost Effectiveness
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Epp, Juanita Ross; Epp, Walter – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2001
Reviews school behavior and attendance policies in Canada as they relate to student attrition. Discusses a sample of schools in which policies have been revised to provide alternative programs to meet the needs of all students, especially those at risk. These schools work with other social agencies to address problems associated with high dropout…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Dropout Rate, Dropouts, Elementary Secondary Education