Dropout Prevention Institute

Projects

• Preventing Dropout Among At-Risk Youth: A Study of Project GOAL With English Learners

  This project will determine the effects of an individualized reading intervention and a dropout prevention intervention separately and in combination with adolescent English learners (ELs) who are struggling readers and are at risk for school dropout.  

• Texas Juvenile Justice Department Project

  There is a lack of research on ways to intervene with incarcerated youth who exhibit low levels of literacy and on effective strategies to improve the academic and behavioral outcomes of these students. For many of these youths, incarceration may be the last opportunity to acquire the skills necessary to...

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

  This project determines the effects of an individualized reading intervention and a dropout prevention intervention separately and in combination with struggling adolescent readers who have low school engagement and are therefore at risk for school dropout.