The percentage of alternative school returnees no longer in school at year's end was lower in the intervention year (14%) than the prior year (59%)¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? School retention of alternative school returnees improved from the year prior to the intervention to the intervention year, based on a descriptive district comparison. → Kelchner 2017

Evidence¶

Kelchner 2017¶

Kelchner, V. P., Evans, K., Brendell, K., Allen, D., Miller, C., & Cooper-Haber, K. (2017). The Effect of a School-Based Transitional Support Intervention Program on Alternative School Youth's Attitudes and Behaviors. The Professional Counselor, 7(2), 169-184. https://doi.org/10.15241/vpk.7.2.169

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Descriptive observational comparison reported in the discussion, not a tested experimental contrast: 59% of returnees were no longer in school the year before the intervention versus 14% in the intervention year. No statistical test or effect size is reported.

"In the school year prior to the intervention, 59% of students returning from the alternative school setting to the home school were no longer in school at the end of the year. At the end of the school year after the intervention took place, the number of students returning from the alternative school setting that were no longer in school was reduced to 14%."

Discussion¶

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