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Fry, Richard – 2003
Dropout rates are particularly problematic measures for Hispanic youth. One-third of Hispanic adolescents are foreign-born. Their sending countries tend to have much lower rates of secondary school completion than does the United States. This digest presents recent tabulations on the number of Latino high school dropouts, noting pitfalls in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Rate, Dropouts, Educational Research