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Effects Of An Urban Alternative High School Dropout Prevention And Rehabilitation Program On The Attendance, Attitude And Academic Achievement Of At-Risk Students, Margaret Shearin Bell
Effects Of An Urban Alternative High School Dropout Prevention And Rehabilitation Program On The Attendance, Attitude And Academic Achievement Of At-Risk Students, Margaret Shearin Bell
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a dropout prevention program on at-risk high school students who returned to their home schools. The study was conducted in Newport News, Virginia at four high schools and an alternative school site, housing the dropout program. The subjects were divided into two independent treatment groups: Group One (N = 30) who participated in the program in the fall semester of 1988 and returned to their home schools in the spring semester of 1989, and Group Two (N = 21) who participated in the program in the spring semester of …