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New Findings Show New York City’s Small High Schools Continue to Significantly Raise Graduation Rates and Improve English Regents Exam Scores
January 25, 2012
MDRC, a nonprofit, nonpartisan education and social policy research firm, released new findings today from its multiyear study of small high schools in New York City showing that these schools, which serve mostly disadvantaged students of color, are producing sustained, highly favorable effects, raising graduation rates by 8.6 percentage points, which represents 43 percent of the gap in graduation rates between white students and students of color in New York City. This increase translates to nine more graduates for every 100 entering ninth-grade students...
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National Guard Program for High School Dropouts Increases GED and High School Completion and Boosts Earnings, Study Shows
June 19, 2011
A new report shows that the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program, a “quasi-military” residential program for high school dropouts, raises educational attainment and boosts earnings. The report was released today by MDRC, a nonprofit, nonpartisan education and social policy research organization. Based on an independent multi-year study, the report shows that the ChalleNGe program is making progress on a seemingly intractable problem: the poor academic and labor market prospects of young people who don’t graduate from high school....
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New Study Finds That New York City’s Small High Schools Markedly Increase Students' Academic Performance and Graduation Rates
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Improvements Seen for Broad Range of Students, Including African-American and Hispanic Males, Less-Proficient Students, and Low-Income Students
June 23, 2010
MDRC, a nonprofit, nonpartisan education and social policy research firm in New York City, released a new report today showing that small high schools in New York City increase students’ likelihood of earning credits, progressing through school, and graduating in four years with Regents diplomas. This unprecedented study provides convincing evidence that systematically replacing very big failing high schools with a large number of small public high schools can narrow the educational attainment gap and markedly improve graduation prospects, particularly for disadvantaged students....
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New Strategy at Workforce Investment Act “One-Stops” Increases Use of Work Supports by Low-Wage Workers
July 09, 2009
One in four American workers earn less than $10 an hour, many in jobs with limited paths to advancement and without health insurance or other benefits. As these workers strive to advance in the labor market, “work support” programs — including Medicaid/State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), food stamps, and child care subsidies — can temporarily fill an important income gap for them and their families....
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Program for Probationary Students at a California Community College Improves Academic Outcomes, Moves Students Off Probation
April 04, 2009
(Phoenix, Arizona) — A recently evaluated program for probationary students at a Southern California community college nearly doubled the proportion of students who moved off probation, while increasing the average number of credits that those students earned and the proportion who earned a grade point average of 2.0 or higher. ...
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