Gulfton Truancy Reduction Demonstration Project, Houston, TX

LEE H.S. TREATMENT GROUP (LEETX) AND COMPARISON GROUP (LEECOMP) – PRE-TEST RESULTS
Item/Question* Scale LeeTx
Pre-Test
Mean
Do you have any brothers or
sisters who have been
suspended from school?
0 = no
1 = yes
LeeComp
Pre-Test
Mean
Description of Results
.63 .20 LeeTx students have more
suspended siblings than do
LeeComp students.
How often have you thought of
dropping out?
I am happy to be at my school.
The teachers at my school treat
students fairly.*
I like most of my teachers at
school.
Most of my teachers expect too
much of me.*
When I am in class, I just
pretend that I am working.
I follow the rules at school.*
I get in trouble at school.
I check my schoolwork for
mistakes.*
If I don’t understand what I read,
I go back and read it over again.*
0 = never
1 = a little
2 = a lot
1 = strongly agree
4 = strongly disagree
1 = strongly agree
4 = strongly disagree
1 = strongly agree
4 = strongly disagree
1 = strongly agree
4 = strongly disagree
1 = always
5 = never
1 = always
5 = never
1 = always
5 = never
1 = always
5 = never
1 = always
5 = never
.89 .31 LeeTX students think of
dropping out more often than
do LeeComp students
2.37 1.75 LeeTx students are less happy
to be at school than are
LeeComp students.
2.45 2.00 LeeTX students perceive
teachers to treat students less
fairly than do LeeComp
students.
2.37 1.75 LeeTx students like their
teachers less than do
LeeComp students.
2.37 1.93 LeeTx students perceive
teachers to expect too much of
them less than do LeeComp
students.
3.11 4.06 LeeTx students pretend to be
working more than do
LeeComp students.
2.42 1.75 LeeTx students follow rules
less than do LeeComp
students.
3.21 4.31 LeeTx students get in trouble
more often than do LeeComp
students.
3.53 2.75 LeeTx students check their
work less often than do
LeeComp students.
3.00 2.19 LeeTx students reread what
they don’t understand less
often than do LeeComp
students.
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