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By Zakia Redd, M.P.P, Stephanie Cochran, B.B.A., Elizabeth Hair, Ph.D., and Kristin Moore, Ph.D.
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GRADES TEST SCORES GRADES PROGRESSION VS. Repetition High school graduation college attendance Academic skills/homework completion attendance at school
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educational goals honors, awards high school credits earned participation in extracurricular activities in high school participation in extracurricular activities in college attitudes about school  
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  Experimental Research Studies Non-Experimental Research Studies


In comparison to control group:

- Program participants were less likely to drop out of high school and more likely to graduate from high school one year after the end of the program.

- Program participants showed no difference in the likelihood of having dropped out of high school.

Multivariate, longitudinal studies suggest the following are positively related to graduation from high school:
(click here for findings from the American Teens research)

- Academic achievement

- Involvement in extracurricular activities

- Not using drugs during adolescence

- Not having early sex or becoming a parent during middle or high school years

- Social psychological well-being, self-esteem, perceived academic ability, school engagement (attendance), educational aspirations

- Not having problem behavior or aggressive behavior

- Not working long hours during school year (over 20 hours per week)

- Not repeating a grade or being over age for grade

- High quality early child care program attendance


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