High School Redirection
High School Redirection is an alternative high school program for youth considered at risk of dropping out. The program emphasizes basic skills development (with a particular focus on reading skills) and offers limited extra-curricular activities. The schools operate in economically disadvantaged areas and serve students who have dropped out in the past, who are teen parents, who have poor test scores, or who are over-age for their grade. To foster a sense of community, the schools are small, and teachers are encouraged to act as mentors as well as instructors.
Reviewed Research
Dropout Prevention
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Outcome domain |
Effectiveness rating |
Studies meeting standards |
Grades examined |
Students |
Improvement index |
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| Completing school |
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3 studies meet standards | 9-12 | 1,510 | -- |
| Dynarski, M., & Wood, R. (1997) | 9-12 | 298 |
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| Dynarski, M., & Wood, R. (1997) | 9-12 | 310 |
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| Dynarski, M., & Wood, R. (1997) | 9-12 | 902 |
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| Progressing in school |
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2 studies meet standards | 9-12 | 732 |
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| Dynarski, M., & Wood, R. (1997) | 9-12 | 374 |
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| Dynarski, M., & Wood, R. (1997) | 9-12 | 358 |
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| Staying in School |
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3 studies meet standards | 9-12 | 1,634 | -- |
| Dynarski, M., & Wood, R. (1997) | 9-12 | 374 |
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| Dynarski, M., & Wood, R. (1997) | 9-12 | 358 |
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| Dynarski, M., & Wood, R. (1997) | 9-12 | 902 |
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A group of closely related outcomes.
A summary of the effectiveness of an intervention in an outcome domain, based on the quality of research, the statistical significance of findings, the magnitude of findings, and the consistency of findings across studies.
 Positive: strong evidence that intervention had a positive effect on outcomes. |
 Potentially Positive: evidence that intervention had a positive effect on outcomes with no overriding contrary evidence. |
 Mixed: evidence that intervention’s effect on outcomes is inconsistent. |
 No Discernible: no evidence that intervention had an effect on outcomes. |
 Potentially Negative: evidence that intervention had a negative effect on outcomes with no overriding contrary evidence. |
 Negative: strong evidence that intervention had a negative effect on outcomes. |
For more, please see the WWC Glossary entry for rating of effectiveness.
The number of studies that met WWC design standards and provide evidence of effectiveness. Selecting an item below will display all studies that met WWC design studies in the domain. Selecting a study citation will take you to more information on that study and its findings.
For more, please see the WWC Glossary entry for study rating.
Grades of the students examined in the studies that met WWC design standards, which may not reflect the full range of grades for which the intervention may be used.
The number of students included in the studies that met WWC design standards.
The sample size for the studies that met WWC design standards.
An indicator of the effect of the intervention, the improvement index can be interpreted as the expected change in percentile rank for an average comparison group student if that student had received the intervention.
For more, please see the WWC Glossary entry for improvement index.
The indicator represents the highest level of similarity found between your students and each of the high-quality studies of the intervention. Three filled in ovals indicates that at least one study that met standards was conducted on students very similar to yours. Clicking on the indicator for a study will provide information on the similarity for each of the characteristics you selected.