Gulfton Truancy Reduction Demonstration Project, Houston, TX

test increased. It is difficult to argue that this was a school effect since the difference between
Lee comparison and Lee treatment increased even more than the differences observed between
Lee and Milby.
A second attempt to examine school engagement effects was simply to compare the case
management students to themselves. That is, to ask the question, “Did the case management
students become more engaged from pre-test to post-test?” The results indicate that attitudes
among Lee treatment students actually worsened throughout the school year. As Table 2 shows,
there was only one significant incident where school engagement improved after receiving case
management: treatment students answered that they got good grades more often. However, there
were seven items that worsened over the course of the school year.
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