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Accelerated Middle Schools
Dropout Prevention

Accelerated middle schools were found to have potentially positive effects on staying in school and positive effects on progressing in school.

Accelerated middle schools are self-contained academic programs designed to help middle school students who are behind grade level catch up with their peers. The program aims to ensure students stay in school and graduate by encouraging them to begin high school with other students their age. The programs serve students who are one to two years behind grade level, giving students the opportunity to cover an additional year of curriculum over 1–2 years in the program. Accelerated middle schools can be structured as separate schools or as schools within a traditional middle school.

Findings

3
studies that met standards out of
3
eligible studies reviewed
Outcome
domain
Effectiveness Rating Grades Evidence Tier
Progressing in school Positive effects 6-8
Staying in School Positive effects 6-8

Last Updated: July 2008

Race

Black
71%
White
13%
Other or unknown
5%

Ethnicity

Hispanic
13%
Not Hispanic or Latino
87%

Gender

Male: 55%
Female: 45%

Delivery Method

whole class icon
School

Urbanicity

Urban

Locations

NJ, MI, GA
Midwest, Northeast, South
Note: This summary only includes data from studies that reported sample information. The Intervention Report may include evidence from other studies that met standards, but did not report sample information.


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This intervention report was prepared for the WWC by Mathematica under contract ED-07-CO-0062.

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