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Sites Of Agency, Sites Of Growth: Elements Of Success For Formerly Incarcerated Adult Graduates Of An Alternative High School, Mary Hornschemeier Bandstra

College of Education Theses and Dissertations

Students who leave high school before graduating run a high risk of becoming incarcerated, and adults with a record of incarceration and no high school diploma have difficulty maintaining legal employment and therefore remaining out of prison. For adults who lack high school diplomas, few options exist to earn that credential. Though standardized testing is still a point of controversy in education policy for juveniles, the GED exam is the assumed standard for adults in the United States to earn their high school credentials, and few alternatives exist for those who are ill-equipped to pass a demanding standardized test. This …