Education Performance While Incarcerated
Education Performance While Incarcerated
- Alaska Juvenile Justice, McLaughlin Youth Center (MYC) School Data – FY 2008: This is an education report of 61 residents who had been released from the MYC treatment programs during the 2007 fiscal year. Each of the released youths had a pre- and post- test score in math and reading plus the amount of days they had spent in the treatment program. Entire Document
- Colorado Juvenile School Reports – Academic Outcomes, Vocational Outcomes, and Academic Performance in Reading and Math: Education data is presented for six different juvenile facilities in Colorado. Some of the data includes: earning a GED, obtaining a high school diploma, enrollment in job training, and pre- and post- reading and math scores. Entire Document
- State of Delaware: Education Services Unit of the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families: Annual Outcome Evaluation of Programs Funded through the Consolidated Grant 2006-2007: It is a school level improvement plan that explains the students’ needs and the goals and programs designed to meet those needs. This report presents the program evaluation of the Education Unit's progress in carrying out the 2006-2007 improvement plan. Entire Document
- State of Delaware: Services for Children, Youth, and their Families – Performance Measures: The Department’s academic gain measures track the percentage of students who make six-months of academic progress in a six-month period in a DSCYF school program. Academic gain is measured by standardized tests for academic achievement in math and reading. – Page 4
- 2006 Annual Report to the Florida Department of Education – This section of the report describes the demographic and educational differences of residentially-committed males and females prior to and during commitment in Florida. Chapter 7
- Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections – Education Program – 2008 Report Card: A description and evaluation of the educational services to all students served by the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections. The educational services and reports include: Student Achievement, the need for Vocational Programming, GED Testing, Education Program Completions, and Special Education. Entire Document
- 2007-2008 Iowa Juvenile Services School Liaison Program Data, Statewide Annual Report: This report includes statewide aggregated data collected by Juvenile Court Services School Liaison (JCSL) staff across Iowa. Data regarding the youth served are reported annually by CJJP. Performance measures regarding attendance, truancies, tardies, suspensions, law violations, and grade point average are some of the key data collected and reported. Entire Document
- Massachusetts Department of Youth Services Client Demographic Report: This report includes educational data pertaining to obtaining a high school diploma, earning a GED, and passing language and math courses. Pages 8-13
- Missouri Department of Social Services, Division of Youth Services, Annual Report FY 2007: This report includes measures of Academic Achievement and GED Success. Measures include pre- and post-testing of the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery-III, GED, and Graduation Rates. Page 26
- New Mexico – Juvenile Justice Services- Education Quarterly Performance Measures FY2008: Services provided to youths committed to the department, include but are not limited to: (1) medical, educational, mental health and other services; (2) earlier intervention and prevention; (3) detention and screening; (4) and, probation and parole supervision. Education measures include reading, math, and language arts TABE scores, NM High School competency exam, education credits, enrollment, and graduation/GED rates. Entire Document
- Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA), State of Oklahoma, the 2007 Annual Report: This report provides literary assessment data for juveniles under the supervision of OJA in 2007. Page 18
- South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice Report Card 2007: The South Carolina juvenile justice report card includes data on education services including school participation and employability training. Page 9
- State of South Carolina Annual School Report Card: The SC Department of Juvenile Justice Special School District provides academic and vocational training to students in grades six through twelve in a variety of settings, including institutional schools, evaluation centers, a detention center, and thirteen community residence placements. Measurements include reading and math scores, GED rates, and course credits. Entire Document
- Texas Youth Commission - Actual Performance Outcome Measures: Performance reporting including diploma/GED rates and percentage of juveniles reading at grade level. Entire Document
- Texas: Employment and Recidivism Among Juveniles: This study had two purposes, first to examine the impact of career development on the formation of mature attitudes and competencies for realistic career decision making for incarcerated youthful offenders, and second to determine the likelihood of gaining employment and the probability of recidivism for this population from participation in career development. Entire Document
- Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice, DJJ Justice Quarterly, Youth Industries in Virginia: A Comprehensive Review, July 2004: This research presents a snapshot of juveniles released in FY03 who were involved in youth industries during their commitment. It gives background information about the program itself and an overview of recent trends. Demographics, offense information, classification, treatment needs, and education levels are explored in order to see exactly who these juveniles are and how they compare with youth who were not involved in youth industries programs. Page 5
- Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Correctional Education Benefit Cost Analysis of Vocational Education Programs (Currently Referred To As) Career and Technical Education, 2008: Two approaches are used to present data regarding the costs and benefits of DCE vocational education programs in Virginia prisons. The first includes only re-incarceration costs annualized by type of offense. The second includes re-incarceration costs and recent estimates of criminal justice costs avoided by reduced recidivism. Calculations were made on an annual basis and are therefore conservative since monetary benefits will multiply every year a prisoner does not recidivate. Entire Document
- Virginia: Agency Strategic Plan, Department of Correctional Education: The Department of Correctional Education provides a broad array of programs in all of the major correctional facilities, both juvenile and adult, as well as programs in many of the adult community corrections sites. Descriptions of programs and education data are included in the strategic plan. Entire Document
- Wisconsin - Division of Juvenile Corrections 2007 Annual Report: This document includes educational information including middle school and high school credit earned, middle school promotions, high school diplomas awarded, high school equivalency diplomas awarded, and students enrolled in elective job training. Page 2
- State of Wisconsin, Department of Corrections, Division of Juvenile Corrections – 2006 Report: Outcome information on education, cognitive intervention, recidivism, and youth accountability efforts is included in this report. Page 3
- Annual Performance Report: Connecticut Department of Correction Unified School District #1 2005 – 2006: The Connecticut Department of Correction, Unified School District #1, is dedicated to providing quality educational programs for incarcerated individuals. Academic and vocation outcomes are presented in the report, as well as, descriptions of additional student services. Entire Document