LEADER 04788nam 2200637 450 001 9910797460803321 005 20230617020833.0 010 $a1-4833-6343-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000456580 035 $a(EBL)1658603 035 $a(OCoLC)923707640 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001530706 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12628841 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001530706 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11531450 035 $a(PQKB)10659863 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1994299 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000456580 100 $a20150822h20052005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGraduation for all $ea practical guide to decreasing school dropout /$fCamilla A. Lehr, Ann T. Clapper, Martha L. Thurlow ; acquisitions editor Elizabeth Brenkus ; cover designer Michael Dubowe 210 1$aThousand Oaks, California :$cCorwin Press,$d2005. 210 4$dİ2005 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4129-0626-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""About the Authors""; ""Chapter 1 - What This Book is about""; ""Topics""; ""Importance of Raising Graduation Rates""; ""Extensiveness of the Issue""; ""Costs to the Individual""; ""Costs to Society""; ""Implications of Current Reform Context""; ""No Child Left behind Defined a???Standarda??? Diploma""; ""State High-Stakes Testing""; ""Critical Need for Knowing and Doing""; ""Overview of This Book""; ""Chapter Format""; ""Other Features of the Book""; ""Summary""; ""Further Reading""; ""Chapter 2 - Getting Started""; ""Topics"" 327 $a""In This Chapter, You Will . . .""""Considering Beliefs and Practices""; ""Moving Your Mission Statement from Paper to Practice""; ""Organizing for Action""; ""Study Group""; ""Action Team""; ""Community Advisory Committee""; ""Laying a Foundation""; ""Connecting with other Groups""; ""Sharing Information""; ""Providing Professional Development""; ""Readiness for Change""; ""Implementation Scenario: Getting Started (March/April/May)""; ""Summary""; ""Reflection Questions""; ""Further Reading""; ""Taking Action""; ""Guide to Action Tools""; ""Action Tool 2.1: Mission Statement Analysis Form"" 327 $a""Action Tool 2.2: Action Team Selection Form""""Action Tool 2.3: Committee Mapping Form""; ""Action Tool 2.4: Readiness Questionnaire""; ""Action Tool 2.5: Communication Plan""; ""Chapter 3 - Putting the Problem of Dropout in Context: Looking at the Numbers""; ""Topics""; ""In This Chapter, You Will . . .""; ""Variability in Statistics on Graduation and Dropout""; ""Dropout Rates for Student Subgroups""; ""Terminology""; ""Graduation""; ""Dropout""; ""Procedures for Calculating Rates""; ""Dropout Formulas"" 327 $a""Implementation Scenario: Putting the Problem of Dropout in Context: Looking at the Numbers (September/October)""""Summary""; ""Reflection Questions""; ""Further Reading""; ""Taking Action""; ""Guide to Action Tools""; ""Action Tool 3.1: Student Demographic Information Sheet""; ""Action Tool 3.2: District/School Diploma Options form""; ""Action Tool 3.3: Definition Grid""; ""Action Tool 3.4: Student Tracking Tool""; ""Action Tool 3.5: Dropout Calculation Form""; ""Chapter 4 - Understanding Why: Looking at the Reasons, the Process, and the Approach""; ""Topics"" 327 $a""In This Chapter, You Will . . .""""Why Students Drop Out of School""; ""Pushing and Pulling Students Out of School""; ""Why Students Stay in School""; ""Dropout: A Process of Disengagement""; ""Elementary Years: The Process Begins""; ""Transition between Schools: A Critical Time""; ""Once a Dropout, Not Always a Dropout""; ""A Focus on Completing School""; ""Approaches with Limited Effectiveness""; ""Effective Approaches to Increase School Completion""; ""Implementation Scenario: Understanding Why: Looking at the Reasons, the Process, and the Approach (November)""; ""Summary"" 327 $a""Reflection Questions"" 606 $aDropouts$zUnited States$xPrevention 606 $aSchool improvement programs$zUnited States 606 $aEducational change$zUnited States 615 0$aDropouts$xPrevention. 615 0$aSchool improvement programs 615 0$aEducational change 676 $a373.12913 700 $aLehr$b Camilla A.$01489989 702 $aClapper$b Ann T. 702 $aThurlow$b Martha L. 702 $aBrenkus$b Elizabeth 702 $aDubowe$b Michael 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797460803321 996 $aGraduation for all$93710958 997 $aUNINA