National Guard Youth ChalleNGe : program progress in 2015-2016 / Jennie W. Wenger, Louay Constant, Linda Cottrell, Thomas E. Trail, Michael J. D. Vermeer, Stephani L. Wrabel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wenger, Jennie W., author.

Wrabel, Stephani L., author.

Vermeer, Michael J. D., author.

Trail, Thomas E., author.

Cottrell, Linda, author.

Constant, Louay, author.

Contributor:

United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics), sponsor.

National Defense Research Institute (U.S.). Forces and Resources Policy Center, researcher.

Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division, issuing body.

Rand Corporation, publisher.

Series:

Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-1848-OSD.

Research report ; RR-1848-OSD

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. National Guard.

High school dropouts--Services for.

High school dropouts.

Military education--United States--Evaluation.

Military education.

Alternative schools.

Evaluation.

Residence and education.

United States--National Guard--Training of--Evaluation.

United States.

Residence and education--United States--Evaluation.

Alternative schools--United States--Evaluation.

Physical Description:

xv, 104 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Other Title:

Program progress in 2015-2016

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND, [2017]

Summary:

"The National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program is a residential, quasi-military program for young people ages 16-18 who are experiencing difficulty in traditional high school. The program is operated by participating states through their state National Guard organizations with supporting federal funds and oversight. The first ChalleNGe sites began in the mid-1990s; today there are 40 ChalleNGe sites in 29 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. To date, more than 145,000 young people have completed the ChalleNGe program. Congress requires the ChalleNGe program to deliver a report on its progress each year. The program includes a 5.5-month Residential Phase followed by a 12-month Post-Residential Phase, which includes support from a mentor. The stated goal of ChalleNGe is "to intervene in and reclaim the lives of 16-18-year-old high school dropouts, producing program graduates with the values, life skills, education, and self-discipline necessary to succeed as productive citizens." In this report, we provide information on recent ChalleNGe participants, is in support of the required annual report to Congress. We also lay out a framework for evaluating ChalleNGe sites. Subsequent reports will provide additional information on future cohorts of students, will build on this framework to develop more detailed and more effective metrics, and will provide strategies for data collection in support of these metrics. Methods used in this study include site visits, data collection and analysis, literature review, and development of two tools to assist in improving the metrics - a theory of change (TOC) and a program logic model. "--Publisher's description.

Notes:

"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense"--Title page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-104).

ISBN:

0833098349

9780833098344

OCLC:

1007750049