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How Can We Help? What We Have Learned from Evaluations of Federal Dropout-Prevention Programs

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  • Mark Dynarski
  • Philip Gleason

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Summarizes the largest federal study ever conducted of dropout prevention programs, finding three promising models: alternative middle and high schools for those at risk of dropping out, programs aimed at helping older students earn a GED, and whole-school restructuring efforts aimed at dropout prevention.

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  • Mark Dynarski & Philip Gleason, 1998. "How Can We Help? What We Have Learned from Evaluations of Federal Dropout-Prevention Programs," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 9473a8643dd740daab63305e8, Mathematica Policy Research.
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    1. Victor Lavy & Analia Schlosser, 2005. "Targeted Remedial Education for Underperforming Teenagers: Costs and Benefits," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 23(4), pages 839-874, October.
    2. Louis-Philippe Morin, 2010. "Estimating the Benefit of High School for College-Bound Students," Working Papers 1002E, University of Ottawa, Department of Economics.
    3. Mark Dynarski, "undated". "Making Do With Less: Interpreting the Evidence from Recent Federal Evaluations of Dropout-Prevention Programs," Mathematica Policy Research Reports d3d6cbf800c44af2a34fcfaf4, Mathematica Policy Research.
    4. Erik Canton & Bert Minne & Ate Nieuwenhuis & Bert Smid & Marc van der Steeg, 2005. "Human capital, R&D, and competition in macroeconomic analysis," CPB Document 91.rdf, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis.
    5. Joshua Angrist & Victor Lavy, 2003. "Achievement awards for high school matriculation: Evidence from randomized trials," Natural Field Experiments 00202, The Field Experiments Website.
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    7. Morin, Louis-Philippe, 2010. "Estimating the BenefiÂ…t of High School for College-Bound Students," CLSSRN working papers clsrn_admin-2010-3, Vancouver School of Economics, revised 30 Jan 2010.

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