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Site-Based Dropout Identification And Prescription Process For Alternative Education In A Diverse School System, William P. Krupp
Site-Based Dropout Identification And Prescription Process For Alternative Education In A Diverse School System, William P. Krupp
Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education
This study developed a school site-based dropout identification and prescription process for student placement in alternative education programs in a school system with diverse residential environments—urban, rural, and suburban. The dropout performance-based and measurable predictor variables selected through discriminate function analysis were total retentions, yearly average of absences, total out-of-school suspensions, the state competency tests passed on time, total administrative hearings, and yearly average of poor grades. The combination and nature of these variables allow for early detection of potential dropouts.
While subtle differences existed between the urban, suburban, and rural prediction formulas, the variables selected produced prediction formulas with …
A Survey Of Characteristics Of Effective Alternative Education Teachers As Perceived By Alternative Education Teachers, Administrators, And Students, Barbara Jean Nicholson Anderson
A Survey Of Characteristics Of Effective Alternative Education Teachers As Perceived By Alternative Education Teachers, Administrators, And Students, Barbara Jean Nicholson Anderson
Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education
This study sought to identify the behavior management, programming, and other teaching characteristics of alternative education teachers perceived by teachers, administrators, and students to be effective when the teachers are working with alternative education students. The characteristics examined were taken from empirical and related urban-centered literature, which underscore the behavior management and programming skills needed by teachers who work with students with behavior disorders. Stated and implied characteristics from related alternative education literature were also used.
There is a need to identify effective characteristics of alternative education teachers, since alternative education programs are becoming an integral part of the regular …