Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1979

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

Purpose of the study: The goals of this study were to examine an alternative education program in Dade County, Florida and to determine: l. Its affect on students participating in the program; 2. The characteristics of students with whom the program has been most successful; 3. The effect of the program on the total public educational effort of Dade County, Florida. Conclusion: The following conclusions were supported by the data: 1. Approximately 25% of the students participating in the alternative program were found to be successful. Students should be encouraged to remain in and graduate from the alternative program rather than return to a regular school. 2. It was found that intelligence quotient scores, absentee rates and parental status were significant variables that could be used to estimate the probability for success of potential students for the alternative program. 3. Although it was found that student suspension rates and teacher turnover rates within Dade County were significantly reduced after the implementation of the alternative program, it was felt that forces other than the program might have affected the rates of occurrence of these variables. 4. The student population of the Dade County alternative program tended to be homogeneous in nature .

Extent

128 p.

Comments

Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1979.|College of Education|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1979.

Identifier

FADT11729

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