Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 6 |
Descriptor
| Dropout Rate | 6 |
| Academic Achievement | 5 |
| Graduation Rate | 5 |
| Graduation | 4 |
| High Schools | 4 |
| Accountability | 3 |
| Dropouts | 3 |
| Educational Improvement | 3 |
| Federal Legislation | 3 |
| Career Readiness | 2 |
| College Preparation | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Reports - Descriptive | 4 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
Education Level
| High Schools | 6 |
| Secondary Education | 4 |
| Grade 8 | 1 |
| Higher Education | 1 |
| Middle Schools | 1 |
Audience
| Practitioners | 1 |
Location
| Louisiana | 6 |
| Georgia | 4 |
| North Carolina | 4 |
| Alabama | 3 |
| Arkansas | 3 |
| Delaware | 3 |
| Florida | 3 |
| Kentucky | 3 |
| Maryland | 3 |
| Mississippi | 3 |
| Oklahoma | 3 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| No Child Left Behind Act 2001 | 2 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Direct linkGrove, Jeffrey – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2014
Over the past decade, SREB state policy-makers have focused on actions to reduce dropout rates and increase high school graduation rates. Some policy-makers have suggested that raising their state's compulsory attendance age (often called the dropout age) to require students to stay in school until age 17 or 18 is an important step. However,…
Descriptors: Attendance, Intervention, State Policy, Graduation Rate
Download full textCouncil of Chief State School Officers, 2013
The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) has released a new publication titled "High School Graduation: State Policies Driving Transparency and Success." The report describes recent state actions aimed at ensuring all students graduate from high school college-and career-ready, and policy issues such as graduation rate…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Graduation, Graduation Rate, State Policy
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2011
Warren Easton Charter High School in New Orleans, Louisiana, has weathered changes of many types, including Hurricane Katrina in 2005. After having to close for the 2005-2006 school year, the school reopened as a charter school with a board and stepped up its efforts to raise student achievement. Now the school is receiving attention for the…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate, Graduation
Richard, Alan, Ed.; Johnston, Lisa, Ed. – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2009
Nearly 7,000 students drop out of the nation's public high schools each school day, and 3,000 of them are in the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states. Altogether, an estimated 1.3 million teenagers in the United States abandon high school each year without earning a diploma. In 1,700 of the nation's high schools, less than 60 percent of…
Descriptors: High Schools, Graduation Rate, Graduation, Academic Achievement
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2009
High schools that enable educators to nurture the distinctive interests and talents of all groups of students can help more students stay in school and find the motivation to prepare for college and careers. By implementing six clear-cut ideas, or conditions, that evidence shows can lead more students to success, schools and communities can…
Descriptors: Careers, High Schools, Classes (Groups of Students), Career Development
Alliance for Excellent Education, 2009
Graduation rates are a fundamental indicator of whether or not the nation's public school system is doing what it is intended to do: enroll, engage, and educate youth to be productive members of society. Since almost 90 percent of the fastest-growing and highest-paying jobs require some postsecondary education, having a high school diploma and the…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Dropouts, Graduation, Academic Achievement
