• All About Attendance
• Dropout "At Risk" Checklist
• Educational Programs That Work
• Evaluation of Projects Funded By the School Dropout Demonstration Assistance Program
• Intervening to Enhance Home Involvement in Schooling
• Manual to Combat Truancy
• National Agenda for Achieving Better Results for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional
• New for California Families and Educators: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty and Undereducation
• On the Scene: Academic Growth Group and Mentoring Program for Potential Dropouts
• Programmatic Prevention of Adolescent Problem Behaviors: The role of Autonomy, Relatedness, and Volunteer Service in the Teen Outreach Program
• School Avoidance Behavior: Motivational Bases and Implications for Intervention
• School Dropouts: New Information About An Old Problem
• School Dropouts: Patterns and Policies
• School-Based Case Management: An Integrated Service Model for Early Intervention with Potential Dropouts
• School-Linked Human Services: A Comprehensive Strategy for Aiding Students at Risk of School Failure
• Service Learning: Meeting the Needs of Youth at Risk
• The Effectiveness of Collaborative School-Linked Services
• The Evaluation Handbook: A Dropout Prevention Research Report
• Education for the 21st Century
• What Works: Keeping Youth in School in Your Community

• The Alternative Schools Network (ASN)
• ASPIRA Association, Inc.
• The Center for Employment Training (CET)
• Dropout Prevention: Priority One
• Educational Programs That Work - 1995
• Hispanic Dropout Project
• How Can We Help? Understanding Dropout Prevention Programs
• Institute for At-Risk Infants, Children, & Youth and Their Families
• Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA)
• Keeping Limited English Proficient Students in School: Strategies for Dropout Prevention
• National Center for Education Statistics
• National Dropout Prevention Center
• National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
• Research for Better Schools
• SAGE (Skills and Academic Grant Education) Alternative Education Program)
• SERVE

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