Truancy Reduction Program

Virginia Castro
900 Grant St.
Denver, CO 80203
    Telephone: (303) 764-3621
    Fax: (303) 764-3558

Program Description

Focus Area     Age Group
Attendance Improvement/Drop-out Prevention; program identifies habitually truant students and provides intervention strategies.     6th through 8th Grades

Research Description

Outcomes

Tests of significance were not reported on the following outcomes:
  • Improved school attendance rates

Research Category

      5   Local Research. Program evaluation report was reviewed.

Design

  Other   Tracked attendance rates over three year period.

Multiple Studies

  No  

Sample Size

  <50   Experimental Group=4 schools

Valid/ Reliable
Instrument

  Yes   Attendance rates

Results

  N/A   Tests of significance were not performed on data.

Published

  No   There were no published studies.

Follow-up Data

  No   There were no follow-up studies.

Award

  No   There were no awards to the program.