Effectiveness of a Combined Tutoring and Mentoring Intervention With Ninth-Grade, Urban Black Adolescents

References

• Allensworth, E., & Easton, J. ( 2007). What matters for staying on-track and graduating in chicago public high schools: A close look at course grades, failures, and attendance in the freshman year (Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of Chicago research report). Chicago, IL: Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of Chicago.
   Google Scholar
• Belfield, C., & Levin, H. M. (Eds). ( 2007). The Price We Pay: Economic and Social Consequences of Inadequate Education. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.
   Google Scholar
• Berrenberg, J. ( 1987). The belief in personal control scale: A measure of God mediated and exaggerated control. Journal of Personality Assessment, 51, 194–206. doi:10.1207/s15327752jpa5102_4
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chapman, C., Laird, J., & KewalRamani, A. ( 2010). Trends in high school dropout and completion rates in the United States: 1972–2008 compendium report. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education.
   Google Scholar
• Christenson, S., Sinclair, M., Lehr, C., & Godber, Y. ( 2001). Promoting successful school completion: Critical conceptual and methodological guidelines. School Psychology Quarterly, 16(4), 468–484. doi:10.1521/scpq.16.4.468.19898
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Christenson, S., & Thurlow, M. ( 2004). Keeping kids in school: Efficacy of check & connect for dropout prevention. NASP Communiqué, 32(6), 37–40.
   Google Scholar
• Cunningham, M., Corprew III, C. S., & Becker, J. E. ( 2009). Associations of future expectation, negative friends, and academic achievement in high-achieving African American adolescents. Urban Education, 44(3), 280–296.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Deke, J., Gill, B., Dragoset, L, & Bogen, K. ( 2014). Effectiveness of supplemental educational services. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 7(2), 137–165.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dubois, D., Holloway, B., Valentine, J., & Cooper, H. ( 2002). Effectiveness of mentoring programs for youth: A meta-analytic review. American Journal of Community Psychology, 30(2), 157–197.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gleason, P., & Dynarski, M. ( 2002). Do we know whom to serve? Issues in using risk factors to identify dropouts. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 7(1), 25–41.
   Google Scholar
• Hardre, P. L., & Reeve, J. ( 2003). A motivational model of rural students' intentions to persist in, versus drop out of, high school. Journal of Educational Psychology, 95(2), 347–356.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Herlihy, C. ( 2007). State and district-level supports for successful transition into high school. Washington, DC: National High School Center.
   Google Scholar
• Hof, S. ( 2014). Does private tutoring work? The effectiveness of private tutoring: A nonparametric bounds analysis. Education Economics, 22(4), 347–366.
   Google Scholar
• Holt, L. J., Bry, B. H., & Johnson, V. L. ( 2008). Enhancing school engagement in at-risk, urban minority adolescents through a school-based, adult mentoring intervention. Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 30(4), 297–318. doi:10.1080/0731710082482969
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Johnson, V. L., Holt, L. J., Bry, B. H., & Powell, S. R. ( 2008). Effects of an integrated prevention program on urban youth transitioning into high school. Journal of Applied School Psychology, 24(2), 225–246. doi:10.1080/15377900802089999
   Google Scholar
• Jozefowicz-Simbeni, D. M. H. ( 2008). An ecological and developmental perspective on dropout risk factors in early adolescence: Role of school social workers in dropout prevention efforts. Children and Schools, 30(1), 49–62.
   Google Scholar
• Kenny, M. E., Blustein, D. L., Chaves, A., Grossman, J. M., & Gallagher, L. A. ( 2003). The role of perceived barriers and relational support in the educational and vocational lives of urban high school students. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 50(2), 142–155. doi:10.1037/0022-0167.50.2.142
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kenny, M. E., Gualdron, L., Scanlong, D., Sparks, E., Blustein, D. L., & Jernigan, M. ( 2007). Urban adolescents' constructions of supports and barriers to educational and career attainment. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 54(3), 336–343.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lan, W., & Lanthier, R. ( 2003). Changes in students' academic performance and perceptions of school and self before dropping out of schools. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 8(3), 309–332.
   Google Scholar
• Lehr, C. A., Hansen, A., Sinclair, M. F., & Christenson, S. L. ( 2003). Moving beyond dropout towards school completion: An integrative review of data-based interventions. School Psychology Review, 32(3), 342–364.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lever, N., Sander, M. A., Lombardo, S., Randall, C., Axelrod, J., Rubenstein, M., & Weist, M. D. ( 2004). A drop-out prevention program for high-risk inner-city youth. Behavior Modification, 28(4), 513–527. doi:10.1177/0145445503259520
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lufi, D., & Cohen, A. ( 1987). A scale for measuring persistence in children. Journal of Personality Assessment, 51, 178–185.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mahoney, J. L., & Cairns, R. B. ( 1997). Do extracurricular activities protect against early school dropout? Developmental Psychology, 33, 241–253.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Malecki, C. K, Demaray, M. K., & Elliott, S. N. ( 2004). A working manual on the development of the Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale (2000). DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University.
   Google Scholar
• Mallette, M. H., Schreiber, J. B., Caffey, C., Carpenter, T., & Hunter, M. ( 2009). Exploring the value of a summer literacy program on the learning of at-risk adolescents. Literacy Research and Instruction, 48(2), 172–184.
   Google Scholar
• Martin, D., Martin, M., Gibson Semivan, S., & Wilkins, J. ( 2007). Increasing prosocial behavior and academic achievement among adolescent African American males. Adolescence, 42(168), 689–698.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Neild, R. C. ( 2009). Falling off track during the transition to high school: What we know and what can be done. The Future of Children, 19(1), 55–76.
   Google Scholar
• Piazza, S. V., & Duncan, L. E. ( 2012). After-school literacy engagements with struggling readers. Reading & Writing Quarterly, 28(3), 229–254.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Scheel, M. J., Madabhushi, S., & Backhaus, A. ( 2009). The academic motivation of at-risk students in a counseling prevention program. The Counseling Psychologist, 38(8), 1147–1178. doi:10.1177/0011000009338495
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sinclair, M. F., Christenson, S. L., Lehr, C. A., & Anderson, A. R. ( 2003). Facilitating student engagement: Lessons learned from check & connect longitudinal studies. The California School Psychologist, 8(1), 29–41.
   Google Scholar
• Somers, C. L., & Piliawsky, M. (2004) Drop-out prevention among urban, African-American, ninth grade adolescents: Program evaluation and instrument development. Preventing School Failure, 48(3), 17–22.
   Google Scholar
• Somers, C. L., Owens, D., & Piliawsky, M. (2009). A study of high school dropout prevention and at-risk ninth graders' role models and motivations for school completion. Education, 130(2), 348–356.
   Google Scholar
• Stillwell, R., Sable, J., & Plotts, C. ( 2011). Public school graduates and dropouts from the common core of data: School year 2008–09 (NCES 2011–312). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved from http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch.
   Google Scholar
• Strom, R. E., & Boster, F. J. ( 2007). Dropping out of high school: A meta-analysis assessing the effect of messages in the home and in school. Communication Education, 56(4), 433–452.
   Google Scholar
• Worrell, F. C., & Hale, R. L. ( 2001). The relationship of hope in the future and perceived school climate to school completion. School Psychology Quarterly, 16(4), 370–388.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ziomek-Daigle, J. ( 2010). Schools, families, and communities affecting the dropout rate: Implications and strategies for family counselors. The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 18(4), 377–385. doi:10.1177/1066480710374871
   Google Scholar