Within the article review According to the authors Howard Crumpton and Anne Gregory, there is a significant correlation with high school students entering high school with a propensity to perform poorly to school, to drop out of high school as a low-achieving student. When considering this current pattern of low-achieving students being predisposed to academic success, academic factors must be considered to reverse this pattern. The authors acknowledge that identifying causes of low achievement was critical to predicting the outcomes of ninth- and tenth-grade students at the lower end of the reading proficiency spectrum. The only constant identified in this study was low-achieving students who showed little or no growth throughout their high school career. Data analysis included Pearson correlation and multiple regression methods. The sample for the study included 44 low-achieving students enrolled in high school. Both authors argued that regardless of probability, it is entirely possible to positively alter the academic trajectory. Methodology The students in the study were part of a group classified as below proficient students, identified by their performance on two high-stakes exams. 50% of the students were male and 50% of the students were female. Sixty-eight percent of students identified as Black, 21% as White, 2% as Latino, and 95 reported as Other. Evidence of poor academic performance between 8th and 9th grade (GPA) was identified and collected, which ranged from 2.19 to 1.81 on a 4-point scale. The independent variables for this study were student race and gender. It is important to note that due to the limited number of non-Black students, Black students were coded = 1 and all others were coded =......half of the paper......what supports the positive engagement in our classrooms for students labeled as low achievers, at risk of dropping out and being suspended or expelled. The regression analyzes in this study clearly showed that students who responded positively to daily schoolwork significantly increased their overall engagement in school the following year. I understand; I finally understand regression concepts! Works Cited Bobko, P. (1995). Correlation and regression: principles and applications for industrial/organizational psychology and management. McGraw-Hill Publishers, New York, New York. USACrumpton, Howard E. and Gregory, Anne (2011) '“I'm Not Learning”: The Role of Academic Relevancy for Low-Achieving Students', The Journal of Educational Research, 104: 1,42 — 53 to link to this Article: DOI: 10.1080/00220670903567398 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220670903567398