High School Redirection

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Evidence · 4 claims (2 for, 1 mixed, 1 against) · 1 study (1 causal), q3 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study

Description

High School Redirection is an alternative high-school programme model for students at high risk of noncompletion, implemented through small schools offering remedial instruction, mentoring, childcare, independent study, and accelerated credit accumulation.

Components

• High School Redirection alternative high school model: High School Redirection is an alternative high school model for youth at high risk of not completing school, including former dropouts, teen parents, over-age students, and students with low test scores. It "emphasizes basic skill development and offers an intensive remedial reading program, Strategies and Techniques for Advancement in Reading (STAR), for students with serious literacy problems." Schools are small (typically no more than 500 students), offer on-site child care and independent study with accelerated credit accumulation, keep classes small for individualized attention, encourage teachers to act as mentors, issue standard diplomas, and operate with autonomy from the local distr (High School Redirection (2007))

Claims

• In the Cincinnati trial, High School Redirection had a small, statistically significant positive effect on receiving a high school diploma but not on the combined diploma-or-GED outcome [+W]
• High School Redirection shows mixed effects on staying in school, with significant effects in the Stockton trial but not in Wichita or Cincinnati [~W]
• High School Redirection shows no discernible effects on completing school (diploma or GED receipt) [-W]
• High School Redirection has potentially positive effects on progressing in school, driven by a significant credit-accumulation advantage in Stockton [+W]

Related Products and Programmes

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Key Sources

• High School Redirection. (2007). WWC Intervention Report: High School Redirection. U.S. Department of Education, What Works Clearinghouse. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc

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