The transition of students from the eighth grade into their freshman year can be a time where students begin to fall short academically, attend school less, and promote actions leading to increased discipline occurrences. This transition to high school can be even more troublesome when students are deemed at-risk. During the transition from middle or junior high school to the freshman year, resiliency of students can be tested. Students being able to move in a positive direction in the face of change, such as during a transitional time, need to show strength in resiliency (Werner & Smith, 1992). This is a quantitative research study to determine if freshman transition programs help students, specifically those at-risk, succeed in achieving higher test scores, higher attendance rates, and lower major discipline incidents throughout their high school career. The researcher investigated all public Missouri high schools to determine if different outcomes occur in academic test scores, attendance rates, and major discipline incidents between high schools integrating freshman transition programs into their curriculum and those without freshman transition programs. Results of this study showed public Missouri high schools with freshman transition programs in place were making an impact on student achievement scores in the areas of Algebra I and English II for the school years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016, but not attendance rates, or reduction in major discipline incidents. Mean assessment scores were higher for schools having freshman transition programs in place. Attendance rates were lower while major discipline incidents were higher for school offering freshman transition programs. Though many of these results were not significant, an impact was still being made.

Título

• The Effects of Freshman Transition Programs on Student Achievement Scores, Attendance Rates, and Discipline Incidents for at-Risk Students in Public Missouri High Schools

Última modificación

• 06/05/2024

Creador

• Wilcox. Jeff M.

Contribuidor

• Perry, Robert (Committee Chair)
• Hedgpeth, Pam (Committee Member)
• Finch Kim (Committee Member)

Fecha de Creacion

• 2018

Identificador

• vital:10454

Idioma

• English

Editor

• Southwest Baptist University

Tema

• Student Success
• Freshmen
• At-Risk Students

Derechos

• Copyright Protected

Formato de Archivo

• PDF