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Accelerated Middle Schools: Preventing Dropouts by Providing Accelerated Academic Curriculum to Students at Risk of Falling Behind

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Intervention Details

Subjects

English Language Arts, Math, Science & STEM

Academic Programs

N/A

Duration

One to two years

Grades

6, 7, 8

Personnel

General Education Teacher, Tutor, School Counselor

Intervention Summary

Accelerated middle schools is a program that covers core academic curriculum at an accelerated pace, targeting students who are typically one to two years behind grade level.

Statistical Finding Summary

Positive effect on staying in school in Michigan

No statistically significant effect on staying in school in New Jersey

Positive effect on progressing in school in Georgia, Michigan, and New Jersey

Source

U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse. (2008). Accelerated Middle Schools. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/WWC/intervention/646.

Data Sample by Population

These charts show the characteristics of the student populations studied. When assessing programs, you may want to prioritize interventions that yielded success in a similar demographic environment as your school or district.

The subgroup population data as studied here are not available. That means that while this study may work well for your setting, we cannot say based on the published study and results from our system’s reading of that study what the school/district subgroup characteristics were when evaluated here.