| Title: | Dropout Prevention Topic Report |
| Description: | Dropout prevention interventions are school- and community-based initiatives that aim to keep students in school and encourage them to complete their high school education. To be included in the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) review, interventions have to operate within the United States and include dropout prevention or dropout recovery as one of their primary objectives. The interventions reviewed provide a mix of services, such as counseling, monitoring, school restructuring, curriculum redesign, financial incentives, and community services to mitigate factors impeding academic success.
The review focuses on three outcome domains: staying in school, progressing in school, and completing school. As of September 2008, the WWC looked at 84 studies of 22 dropout prevention interventions that qualified for review. Of these, 23 studies of 16 interventions meet WWC evidence standards--11 without reservations and 12 with reservations. The six other interventions have no studies that meet WWC eligibility or evidence screens. |
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| Cover Date: | September 2008 |
| Web Release: | September 23, 2008 |
| Publication #: | WWC TRDP08 |
| Center/Program: | WWC |
| Associated Centers: | NCEE |
| Type of Product: | Intervention Report |
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For questions about the content of this Intervention Report, please contact: Betsy Wolf. |