Gulfton Truancy Reduction Demonstration Project, Houston, TX

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• Before becoming involved with case management, on average, parents reported that their children had been absent from school occasionally, whereas after services, they reported that their children had been absent frequently. • Following case management services, parents were less likely to agree that the school staff were doing good things for their child. • Following case management services, parents were less likely to agree that they had confidence in the people at their child’s school. Given that these were the only significant changes, it is difficult to conclude that these changes resulted from case management services. Nevertheless, it is possible that case management increased parental attention given to truancy. This may have resulted in increased awareness of the problem and perhaps the seriousness of the behavior. For instance, the fact that they perceived students as missing more school following case management may reflect greater awareness of the student’s behavior or a personal adjustment as to what occasionally vs. frequently means to them. Increased awareness and involvement with the school may have resulted in the other changes. Conclusions: Case Management and Outcomes These data do not show a positive impact on the outcomes of case management. At first blush, it appears that it has little effect on attendance, achievement, or engagement; and this may in fact be the case. However, it would be unwise to surmise that this is true for all students in case management: there were likely some successes for some individuals. It is important to remember that the case management students were by comparison the highest risk students. It may be that case management is more effective for students whose truant behavior is not so deeply ingrained. In addition, it does appear that case management was effective in improving Evaluation of the Gulfton Truancy Reduction Demonstration Project 22
attendance at some level, given that case management students were truant significantly more than the comparison groups at the beginning of the year, but not at the end of the year. Nonetheless, attendance still worsened over the course of the year, so even if case management ameliorated the problem, the benefits were probably not substantial enough to make a practical improvement in the school/academic lives of most of the students served. Recommendations about improvements and perhaps refocusing the truancy prevention efforts will be discussed in the last chapter. Evaluation of the Gulfton Truancy Reduction Demonstration Project 23
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Page 5 and 6: Acknowledgements Special thanks to
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Page 9 and 10: Table 1: Lee and Milby High School
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Page 43 and 44: Most of my teachers understand me.*
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Page 47 and 48: I try my best at school. I skip (cu
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