Gulfton Truancy Reduction Demonstration Project, Houston, TX

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Appendix C: Tables of Pre-Post Differences in Comparison Groups Evaluation of the Gulfton Truancy Reduction Demonstration Project 52
LEE H.S. (COMPARISON GROUP) – PRE- AND POST-TEST RESULTS Item/Question* Scale Pre-Test Mean If your primary language is not English, how comfortable are you using English to speak with administrators and teachers at your school?* 1 = very comfortable 4 = very uncomfortable Post-Test Mean Description of Results 1.58 2.08 Students feel less comfortable speaking English with school personnel. How many friends do you have at this school?* How often have you thought of dropping out? When I first walked into my school, I thought it was ugly.* How important do you think an education is?* Most of my teachers are always telling me what to do.* When I am in class, I just pretend that I am working. If I don’t know what a word means when I am reading, I do something to figure it out, like look it up in the dictionary or ask someone.* I skip (cut) classes during school. I get good grades in school. I skip (cut) the entire school day.* How likely is it that you will graduate from a two-year college program after high school? I’d like to get out of my neighborhood. 1 = 0 friends 2 = 1-5 friends 3 = 6-10 friends 4 = more than 10 friends 0 = never 2 = a lot 1 = ugly 7 = beautiful 1 = very important 5 = not at all important 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 1 = definitely won’t 5 = definitely will 1 = strongly agree 4 = strongly disagree 3.75 3.56 Number of friends decreases. .31 .63 Students think of dropping out more often. 2.44 4.11 Students perceive school as less ugly. 1.25 1.06 Students perceive education as more important 2.25 1.94 Students perceive teachers as telling them what to do less. 4.06 3.25 Students just pretend they are working more often. 2.13 2.75 Students try to figure out what words mean less often. 4.56 3.88 Students skip classes more often. 2.80 2.33 Students perceive that they get good grades more often. 4.75 4.38 Students skip the whole school day more often. 2.56 3.19 Students believe they are more likely to graduate from 2-year college program 2.38 3.00 Students want to get out of neighborhood less. *For asterisked items, p < .10; for all other items, p < .05 Evaluation of the Gulfton Truancy Reduction Demonstration Project 53
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RE-ENGAGING YOUTH IN SCHOOL EVALUAT
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EVALUATION OF THE GULFTON TRUANCY R
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