Preventing School Dropout with Secondary Students: The Implementation of an Individualized Reading Intervention and Dropout Prevention Intervention

Products: The products of this project will include publications and presentations on the efficacy of RIA and C&C, both individually and in combination, for increasing reading achievement and graduation rates among struggling adolescent readers who are also at risk for dropping out of school.

Journal article, monograph, or newsletter

Beaver, K.M., Wright, J.P., DeLisi, M., and Vaughn, M.G. (2012). Dopaminergic Polymorphisms and Educational Achievement: Results From a Longitudinal Sample of Americans. Developmental Psychology, 48(4): 932-938. doi:10.1037/a0026313

Blachman, B., Schatschneider, C., Fletcher, J.M., Murray, M.S., Munger, K.A., and Vaughn, M.G. (2014). Intensive Reading Remediation in Grade 2 or 3: Are There Effects a Decade Later?. Journal of Educational Psychology, 106(1): 46-57. doi:10.1037/a0033663

Fall, A.M., and Roberts, G. (2012). High School Dropouts: Interactions Between Social Context, Self-Perceptions, School Engagement, and Student Dropout. Journal of Adolescence, 35(4): 787-798. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.11.004

Fall, A.M., and Roberts, G. (in press). Teacher Support and School Engagement: Modeling Reciprocal Relations. Learning and Individual Differences.

Huang, J., Peters, K.E., Vaughn, M.G., and Witko, C.M. (2014). Breastfeeding and Trajectories of Cognitive Development. Developmental Science, 17(3): 452-461 . doi:10.1111/desc.12136

Kremer, K.P., Maynard, B.R., Polanin, J.R., Vaughn, M.G., and Sarteschi, C. (2015). Effects of After-School Programs With At-Risk Youth on Attendance and Externalizing Behaviors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 44(3): 616-636. doi:10.1007/s10964-014-0226-4

Maynard, B.R., Beaver, K.M., Vaughn, M.G., DeLisi, M., and Roberts, G. (2014). Toward a Bioecological Model of School Engagement: A Biometric Analysis of Gene and Environmental Factors. Social Work Research, 38(3): 164-176. doi:10.1093/swr/svu018

Maynard, B.R., Peters, K.E., Vaughn, M.G., and Sarteschi, C.M. (2013). Fidelity in After-School Program Intervention Research: A Systematic Review. Research on Social Work Practice, 23(6): 613-623. doi:10.1177/1049731513491150

Maynard, B.R., Salas-Wright, C., Vaughn, M.G., and Peters, K. (2012). Who Are Truant Youth? Examining Distinctive Profiles of Truant Youth Using Latent Profile Analysis. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 41: 1671-1684. doi:10.1007/s10964-012-9788-1

Maynard, B.R., Salas-Wright, C.P., and Vaughn, M.G. (2015). High School Dropouts in Emerging Adulthood: Substance Use, Mental Health Problems, and Crime. Community Mental Health Journal, 51(3): 289-299. doi:10.1007/s10597-014-9760-5

Peters, K.E., Huang, J., Vaughn, M.G., and Witko, C.M. (2013). Does Breastfeeding Contribute to the Racial Gap in Reading and Math Test Scores? Annals of Epidemiology, 23(10): 646-651. doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.06.091

Pyle, N., and Vaughn, S. (2012). Remediating Reading Difficulties in a Response to Intervention Model With Secondary Students. Psychology in the Schools, 49(3): 273-284. doi:10.1002/pits.21593

Vaughn, M., Beaver, K., Wexler, J., DeLisi, M., and Roberts, G. (2011). The Effect of School Dropout on Verbal Ability in Adulthood: A Propensity Score Matching Approach. Journal of Youth Adolescence, 40(2): 197-206. doi:10.1007/s10964-009-9501-1

Vaughn, M.G., and Witko, C. (2012). Does the Amount of School Choice Matter for Student Engagement? The Social Science Journal, 50(1): 23-33. doi:10.1016/j.soscij.2012.07.004

Vaughn, M.G., and Witko, C.M. (2013). Does Amount of School Choice Matter for Student Engagement? . The Social Science Journal, 50(1): 23-33. doi:10.1016/j.soscij.2012.07.004 Full text

Vaughn, M.G., Maynard, B.R., Salas-Wright, C.P. Perron, B.E., and Abdon, A. (2013). Prevalence and Correlates of Truancy in the US: Results From a National Sample. Journal of Adolescence, 36(4): 767-776. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.03.015

Vaughn, M.G., Salas-Wright, C., Maynard, B.R. (2014). Dropping out of School and Chronic Disease in the United States. Journal of Public Health, 22(3): 265-270. doi:10.1007/s10389-014-0615-x

Vaughn, M.G., Wexler, J., Beaver, K.M., Perron, B.E., Roberts, G., and Fu, J. (2011). Psychiatric Correlates of Behavioral Indicators of School Disengagement in the United States. Psychiatric Quarterly, 82(3): 191-206. doi:10.1007/s11126-010-9160-0

Vaughn, S., Roberts, G., Schnakenberg, J., Fall, A-M., Vaughn, M., and Wexler, J. (in press). Improving Reading Comprehension for High School Students With Disabilities: Effects for Comprehension and School Retention. Exceptional Children.

Vaughn, S., Roberts, G., Wexler, J., Vaughn, M.G., Fall, A.M., and Schnakenberg, J.B. (2014). High School Students With Reading Comprehension Difficulties: Results of a Randomized Control Trial of a Two-Year Reading Intervention. Journal of Learning Disabilities.

Wexler, J., and Pyle, N. (2012). Dropout Prevention and the Model-Minority Stereotype: Reflections From an Asian American High School Dropout. Urban Review, 44(5): 551-570. doi:10.1007/s11256-012-0207-4

Wexler, J., Pyle, N., and Fall, A.M. (in press). Dropout Prevention Intervention With Secondary Students: A Pilot Study of Project GOAL. Preventing School Failure.