Differences in Achievement, Attendance, and Discipline in Three Types of Missouri Ninth-Grade Transition Programs

Lourenco, Anthony Joseph

Differences in Achievement, Attendance, and Discipline in Three Types of Missouri Ninth-Grade Transition Programs

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The ninth grade year is a pivotal year for any student transitioning from the middle school to high school. The ninth grade year can determine if a student will graduate from high school. Any time a student makes a transition in school it can be detrimental to the student psychologically, socially and academically. The ninth grade transition is an important transition in the education process for a freshman student. Ninth grade students are considered to be at risk students. Schools across the country are implementing freshman transition programs to help freshman students to better adjust to the high school environment. The purpose of this quantitative research study was to test if three different freshman transition programs, freshman academies, mentorship models and summer bridge models had any effect on Algebra I, English II, attendance, and discipline events. Results from individual one-way ANOVA’s indicated freshman transition programs had an effect on increasing attendance and decreasing discipline events. The goal of this study was to help administrators make an informed decision of implanting a freshman transition program into their school. The other was to give the administrators options as to the freshman transition program they may decide to adopt.

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