In true small schools, students are absent much less, drop out at nearly half the rate, have higher grade - point averages, and improve reading scores by almost a half -
year grade equivalency more than large schools, noted Educational Leadership magazine.
students who transfer to an approved alternative high school
equivalency preparation program or high school
equivalency preparation program approved pursuant to section 100.7 of this Part, but leave that program before the end of the third school
year after the school
year in which they first entered
grade 9 without having earned a high school
equivalency diploma or without entering a program leading to a high school diploma; and