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The Impact Of A Freshman Academy On High School Transition, Sherry Grier Veasey
The Impact Of A Freshman Academy On High School Transition, Sherry Grier Veasey
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This dissertation was designed to identify and describe the impact a freshman academy has on high school transition for ninth-grade students at a rural high school in western North Carolina. This case study investigated the problems ninth graders encounter as they transition from middle school to high school. The study examined student achievement, student attendance, and the graduation rate in an effort to determine whether a freshman academy at the high school helped students transition successfully.
The transition to high school may be difficult for some students because of the countless changes they are experiencing as adolescents. The high school …