ERIC Number: ED618985
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Feb
Pages: 4
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English Language Learners' Risk of Dropping Out of School, 2006-2007 9th-Grade Cohort. DPE Publication Number: 09.84 RB
Brunner, Josie
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Ninth-grade predictors of dropout risk among Austin Independent School District's English language learner students included the following: having an attendance rate below 90%, being 16 years or older, earning less than 5 course credits, attending a Title I campus and scoring beginning or intermediate on the state's English proficiency assessment (TELPAS) in reading.
Descriptors: Language Tests, At Risk Students, Dropouts, Predictor Variables, Low Income Students, Grade 9, Age Differences, Scores, Language Proficiency, English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, School Districts, Student Characteristics, Attendance, Discipline, Academic Failure, Mathematics, Lunch Programs, High School Students, Immigrants, Spanish, Native Language, Reading Tests
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: Grade 9; High Schools; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Austin Independent School District (AISD)
Identifiers - Location: Texas (Austin)
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