Researchers from NCUST and Stanford conducted site visits to 37 continuation high schools across 26 districts and 9 counties in northern, central, and southern California. In addition to interviewing students, teachers, and principals at the schools, researchers also spoke with district and county administrators of alternative education to better understand the larger context within which continuation high schools operate.
While study findings indicate great variation in practices across and within continuation high schools, they also offer practitioners and policymakers a clearer picture of the current state of continuation education in California.
Read the paper by Dr. Lynne Perez.
View a PowerPoint presentation outlining the findings of this research (from our session at the 2008 American Educational Research Association’s annual meeting).