Educational Reforms for At-Risk Students. New York City Case Study.

Autor/in	Grannis, Joseph C.
Institution	Columbia Univ., New York, NY. Inst. for Urban and Minority Education.
Titel	Educational Reforms for At-Risk Students. New York City Case Study.
Quelle	(1992), (91 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Case Studies; Disadvantaged Youth; Dropout Prevention; Dropout Research; Dropouts; Educational Change; High Risk Students; High School Students; High Schools; Junior High School Students; Junior High Schools; Longitudinal Studies; Middle School Students; Middle Schools; Outcomes of Education; Program Evaluation; Program Improvement; Secondary School Teachers; Urban Schools + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Bildungsreform; Problemschüler; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Junior High Schools; Sekundarstufe I; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule
Abstract	The story of the Dropout Prevention Initiative (DPI) of the New York City Schools illuminates the obstacles, incentives, and inventions that can come into play in a large city school system's effort to strengthen its effectiveness for at-risk students. The Board of Education commissioned an external evaluation of the DPI in 13 comprehensive high schools and 29 feeder middle schools. Data were collected through observation, interviews with staff, student and staff surveys, reviews of information provided by the Board of Education, and a longitudinal study of student outcomes for three cohorts of students. In each year of the DPI, tens of thousands of services to targeted students were recorded. In addition, specific programs under the umbrella of the DPI were reviewed, and detailed case studies were made of three high schools and one elementary and one middle school. The progress observed in these schools is a solid basis for believing that the school system is improving its response to at-risk students and bringing new resources to the schools. Nevertheless, several problems with the DPI program and the school system were identified, and are the subject of recommendations for program improvement. The serious effort that the Board of Education has made is unparalleled in its recent history. The system is engaged in much-needed reforms. A technical note considers the calculation of the city's dropout rate. (SLD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC