The School Action Effectiveness Study: Second Interim Report, Part II. Report No. 342.

Overview & Synopsis

This report, the second part of a longer study prepared by the Delinquency and School Environments Program, further describes interim results of the program's national evaluation of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's (OJJDP's) Alternative Education Program. The report consists of evaluations of 14 specific projects: (1) Compton Action Alternative School; (2) Project STATUS; (3) Project RETAIN; (4) The Milwood Alternative Project; (5) Project PREP; (6) The Jazzmobile Alternative Arts Education Project; (7) Otro Camino; (8) Project PATHE; (9) Virgin Islands Alternative Education Project; (10) Academy for Community Education; (11) Alternative Education for Rural Indian Youth; (12) Plymouth Alternative Education Project; (13) Educational Improvement Center--South Alternative Education Project; and (14) Jewish Vocational Services Alternative Education Project. The projects provide alternative education programs for high risk junior high and high school students and several include art, recreation, or vocational activities as well as education programs. The effectiveness of the school in promoting student development while preventing dropping out and delinquency is evaluated in these studies. (JAC)