On-Track Indicator as a Predictor of High School Graduation, The

Elaine Allensworth ; John Q. Easton

Children and Youth ; Education and Literacy ; Race and Ethnicity

This indicator identifies students as on-track if they earn at least five full-year course credits and no more than one semester F in their first year of high school. On-track students are more than three and one-half times more likely to graduate from high school in four years than off-track students. The indicator is a more accurate predictor of graduation than students' previous achievement test scores or their background characteristics. Perhaps the most important finding ...

Consortium on Chicago School Research

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Ending Social Promotion: Results from Summer Bridge

Melissa Roderick ; Mimi Engel ; Jenny Nagaoka

Children and Youth ; Education and Literacy

In the 1996-97 school year, the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) began a national trend when it included a required summer program, Summer Bridge, as a central component of its efforts to end social promotion. Over 21,000 students in the third, sixth, and eighth, or promotional gate grades, have attended Summer Bridge each year, making it one of the largest and most sustained summer school programs in the country. This report presents a rigorous and careful evaluation of Chicago's ...

Consortium on Chicago School Research

Copyright 2003 The Consortium on Chicago School Research

Ending Social Promotion: The Effects of Retention

Jenny Nagaoka ; Melissa Roderick

Children and Youth ; Education and Literacy

This report and the companion report, Ending Social Promotion: Dropout rates in Chicago after implementation of the eighth-grade promotion gate, are the final two reports in the six-year ending social promotion series. This report describes the experiences of third- and sixth-grade students who did not meet Chicago Public Schools' promotional test-score cutoffs and were retained in grade. Researchers examine how the practices resulting from the policy affected the retention experience ...

Consortium on Chicago School Research

Copyright 2004 Consortium on Chicago School Research

Speak for Yourself: What Girls Say about What Girls Need

Lynn M. Phillips

Children and Youth ; Women

Girl's Best Friend Foundation (GBF) contracted with independent researchers to conduct a two-year, statewide (Illinois) research initiative to enhance the knowledge base and strategic focus of GBF's grantmaking efforts and to validate or challenge existing assumptions about girls. The information and processes used also created an opportunity for girls ages 12-18, to develop and articulate a girls' agenda in their communities. Specifically, the goals of the research were to: - ...

Girl's Best Friend Foundation

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Beyond Finger-Pointing and Test Scores

Lauren E. Allen ; Anne C. Hallett

Education and Literacy ; Government Reform

This report examines high-stakes interventions in low-performing schools in six cities in Cross City Campaign's network.

Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform

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Changing Rules and Roles: A Primer On School-Based Decision Making

Angus McBeath

Education and Literacy ; Government Reform

Monograph based on a keynote presentation to the Cross City Campaign School-based and Student Achievement Meeting in Baltimore, 1999.

Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform

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Changing Urban High Schools

Ron Wolk

Children and Youth ; Education and Literacy

This report chronicles a Cross City Campaign working meeting co-sponsored by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform.

Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform

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Communities Working for Better Schools

Anne C. Lewis

Children and Youth ; Education and Literacy

This report is a call to action for community organizations, reformers, and funders to ensure that communities have the information and resources to create sustainable school and community partnerships that result in high-quality, equitable education for all students.

Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform

Copyright 1999 Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform.

Current Trends in Child Abuse Prevention and Fatalities: The 2000 Fifty State Survey

Nancy Peddle ; Ching-Tung Wang ; Javier Diaz ; Robert Reid

Children and Youth ; Crime and Safety

This survey takes a closer look at two pressing needs. The first is the important role of prevention, specifically at the most effective prevention programs and how they are funded. The second need, based on feedback from PCA America Chapters and other prevention experts, is to better understand child fatalities and the kind of prevention strategies that can best reduce fatalities. This survey differs from previous surveys, as it did not attempt to gather data on child abuse and ...

Prevent Child Abuse America

Survey

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Current Trends in Child Abuse Prevention, Reporting, and Fatalities: The 1999 Fifty State Survey

Nancy Peddle ; Ching-Tung Wang

Children and Youth ; Crime and Safety

These data represent estimates of the number of children reported and substantiated as victims of maltreatment, and the number of child abuse fatalities nationwide for 1999. More importantly, we hope that this report can assist you in your efforts to prevent child abuse locally, statewide or nationally.

Prevent Child Abuse America

Survey

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