ERIC_NO:
ED291033
TITLE:
Achieving Success with More Students: Addressing the Problem of Students At Risk, K-12.
PUBLICATION_DATE:
1987
ABSTRACT:
This resource book was developed to provide information that state and local leaders can use to stimulate discussion of the problem of students
at risk and support the planning of initiatives that address the problem.
An overview defines students at risk, summarizes the content of the book,
and lists recent reports and publications on the problem of students at
risk. Section I presents eight sets of data, summarizing national and
state data on the changing nature of students attending the public schools,
students who do not become engaged in school activities, drug and alcohol
use, delinquency, teenage pregnancy, school dropouts, teenage suicide,
and student achievement. The second section reviews four lines of research
that suggest that schools can be more successful with more students. The
third section provides an overview of the kinds of data that school staff
can use to identify students in need of assistance and educational practices
in need of improvement. The fourth section provides a framework for comparing
approaches that schools are trying in order to become more successful
with students at risk. The final section recommends that the problem of
students at risk be considered in the context of Pennsylvania's Long-Range
Planning process. It provides an overview of the "Program Development
Evaluation Method" and discusses obstacles frequently raised by school
staff. Fifteen tables and 13 figures are included. (NB)
MAJOR_DESCRIPTORS:
Elementary Secondary Education; High Risk Students; School Role; Student Problems;
MINOR DESCRIPTORS:
Delinquency; Drinking; Dropouts; Drug Abuse; Pregnancy; Problem Solving; Suicide;
PUBLICATION_TYPE:
050