References

Meets WWC evidence standards

Dynarski, M., Gleason, P., Rangarajan, A., & Wood, R. (1998). Impacts of dropout prevention programs: Final report. A research report from the School Dropout Demonstration Assistance Program evaluation. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Additional sources:
Dynarski, M., & Gleason, P. (1998). How can we help? What we have learned from evaluations of federal dropout-prevention programs. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Hershey, A., Adelman, N., & Murray, S. (1995). Helping kids succeed: Implementation of the School Dropout Demonstration Assistance Program. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Rosenberg, L., & Hershey, A. (1995). The cost of dropout prevention programs. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Studies that fall outside the Dropout Prevention protocol or do not meet WWC evidence standards

Bruce, L. M. (2007). Perceptions, motivations, and achievement of African American students enrolled in a Middle College High School. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. The study is ineligible for review because it does not use a comparison group.

Byers, S. M. (1991). What strategies/factors contribute to the educational success of former dropout high school students: Middle College High School, Seattle school district. Seattle, WA: Puget Sound Educational Consortium. The study is ineligible for review because it does not use a comparison group.

California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. (1993). The California Middle College High School program. Sacramento, CA: EDRS. The study is ineligible for review because it does not use a comparison group.

Carter, H. M. (2004). A case study of Middle College High School, 1972–2003: An effort to improve the persistence of at-risk students in high school and to facilitate their access to college. (Doctoral dissertation, New York University, New York, NY). Dissertation Abstracts International, 65(03A), 188–846. The study is ineligible for review because it does not use a comparison group.

Cavalluzzo, L., Jordan, W., & Corallo, C. (2002). Case studies of high schools on college campuses: An alternative to the traditional high school program. Charleston, WV: AEL. The study is ineligible for review because it does not use a comparison group.

Cullen, C. L. (1991). Middle College High School: Its organization and effectiveness. Dissertation Abstracts International, 52(02A), 172–358. The study does not meet WWC evidence standards because the intervention and comparison groups are not shown to be equivalent at baseline.

Heard, F. B. (1988). An assessment of the Tennessee statewide school–college collaborative for educational excellence: The Middle College High School. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Nova University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED294637). The study does not meet WWC evidence standards because the intervention and comparison groups are not shown to be equivalent at baseline.

Jordan, W., Cavalluzzo, L., & Corallo, C. (2006). Community college and high school reform: Lessons from five case studies. Community College Journal of Research & Practice, 30(9), 729–749. The study is ineligible for review because it does not use a comparison group.

Kong, D. T. (2002). Improving academic success in tenth grade students at Middle College High School at Santa Ana College. Unpublished master’s thesis, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA. The study is ineligible for review because it does not use a comparison group.

Lieberman, J. E. (1986). Middle College: A ten year study. New York, NY: City University of New York, La Guardia Community College. The study does not meet WWC evidence standards because the intervention and comparison groups are not shown to be equivalent at baseline.

Lieberman, J. E. (1992). A final report to the Ford Foundation on Middle College replication. New York, NY: Ford Foundation. The study is ineligible for review because it does not include an outcome within a domain specified in the protocol.

Meuschke, D. M., Dixon, P. S., & Gribbons, B. C. (2002). Academy of the Canyons report, Fall 2000–Spring 2002. Santa Clarita, CA: Office of Institutional Development. The study is ineligible for review because it does not include an outcome within a domain specified in the protocol.

Michael, C. M. (2003). The relationship of the transformational leadership of the administrators in America’s Middle College High Schools and their feeder institutions to selected indicators of effectiveness. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Marshall University, Huntington, WV. The study does not meet WWC evidence standards because the intervention and comparison groups are not shown to be equivalent at baseline.

Smoot, J. M. (2005). Middle College High School programs in California as perceived by students and as compared for academic achievement with continuation high school programs. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA. The study is ineligible for review because it does not include an outcome within a domain specified in the protocol.

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