From: "Suzanne Heath" To: Subject: Re: retention Date: Monday, March 07, 2005 10:10 AM Dear Linda, These are sources of statistics that you can use for your paper. I was unable to find independent research to indicate that the Reading Recovery program changes the abilities of a child with a learning disability. But I did find statistics on drop out rate, graduation rate, and learning disabled prison populations. Sue Heath ================= 24th Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act - Look in Section IV for graduation rates for children with disabilities. Graduation rate (standard diploma) was 56%. Drop out rate was 29% http://www.ed.gov/about/reports/annual/osep/2002/index.html The most recent national data on graduation rates for students with learning disabilities is here http://www.ed.gov/about/reports/annual/osep/2002/index.html and here http://nces.ed.gov/help/sitemap.asp Retention, Position Paper - National Association of School Psychologists http://www.nasponline.org/information/pospaper_graderetent.html Grade Retention - Achievement and Mental Health Outcomes http://www.nasponline.org/pdf/graderetention.pdf The Grade Retention Fallacy - Harvard Civil Rights Project http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu/research/articles/retention_edley.php Executive Summary of Literacy Behind Prison Walls: Profiles of the Prison Population from the National Adult Literacy Survey http://nces.ed.gov/naal/resources/execsummprison.asp U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Special Report - Education and Correctional Populations - January 2003, # NCJ 195670 http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/ascii/ecp.txt Data Files from the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey - 1992 and 2003 data http://nces.ed.gov/naal/analysis/resources.asp This from the National Adult Literacy & Learning Disabilities Center says that the estimate is that 30-50% of the prison population has a learning disability. http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/adult/correctional_education_programs.html . Prisons would not be doing evaluations so I don't think you will get an accurate figure of this at any one spot in time. Go here http://www.advocacyinstitute.org/ and click on the NCLB PowerPoint presentation link at the bottom of the page. It has some graphs of high school reading ability of students with disabilities by high school. Also see http://www.advocacyinstitute.org/resources/LD_Review02.pdf Go to http://www.focusas.com/Dropouts.html Go Here http://www.dropoutprevention.org/NDPC-SD/resources/index.htm and then click on the Statistics and Facts link at the bottom of the page. Go to http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/general_info/graduate02.html ----- Original Message ----- From: Pam Wright To: Janney8@aol.com Cc: Suzanne Heath Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 9:37 AM Subject: Re: retention Linda: I will forward your email to Sue Heath, our research editor in case she has additional info. However, my recollection is that at least 50 percent of students who are retained once drop out; 90-95 percent who are retained more than once drop out. Most incarcerated individuals have disabilities, especially learning disabilities, and most never received remediation. You mention that you are a Reading Recovery tutor. What is your understanding of the appropriateness of RR for children with learning disabilities? These issues come up again and again (Pete presented a paper about juvenile delinquency and learning disabilities back in 1972 at several national conferences). Despite knowledge about the connection and the need for early intervention, schools have been resistant to change. Good luck on your research and writing. Pam Wright ----- Original Message ----- From: Janney8@aol.com To: webmaster@wrightslaw.com Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 7:50 AM Subject: retention I am a concerned educator. As a Reading Recovery trained tutor, I do not understand why this early intervention is not a standard in all elementary schools in the United States. I am a firm believer in early intervention before second grade. I am looking for research that shows correlations between retention and high school dropout rates. In addition to that I would like research that shows a correlation to retention, dropout rates, and prison. I know that if children are retained a large percentage of them will drop out. I also know that a substantial percentage of children who drop out end up in the prison system. I want to write a piece in favor of early intervention that quotes the correlations. Could you please help me with my research? Thank you. Linda Janney Palm Beach County Florida