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Pauker, Jerome D.; And Others – 1988
This composition of related attendance studies of both Canada and the United States includes (1) a review of school attendance/nonattendance literature for 1975-86, the results, and a discussion involving the topics of nonattendance correlations, causes, and intervention; (2) a survey of compulsory school attendance legislation, the results, and a…
Descriptors: Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Jefferson, Anne L. – Education Canada, 1994
Discusses the high drop-out rates in most Canadian provinces and social motivators for leaving school. Examines the extent to which allocation of provincial funds to local school systems influences the drop-out problem. Suggests that provincial compensatory funding has had limited but positive impact on drop-out rates. Recommends drop-out…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate, Dropouts
Macdonald, Marilyn H. – 1989
This report provides an overview of the phenomenon of early school leaving through presentation and discussion of relevant research issues, concerns, and retention strategies for potential leavers. It includes a brief review of the current literature with an emphasis on Canadian and Saskatchewan research. The extent of the early school leaving…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, Family Characteristics
Peer reviewedBrown, Robert S. – ERS Spectrum, 1996
This literature review on mentoring at-risk students first encapsulates the history of North American mentoring programs, highlighting a late 19th-century Friendly Visiting Movement and recent 100 Black Men of Atlanta and the Toronto Learning Partnership projects. Mentoring program goals, benefits, effectiveness, challenges, and planning problems…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Anderson, Kent E.; And Others – School Guidance Worker, 1984
Presents nine articles dealing with aspects of testing and the role of the school counselor. Topics include interpreting test scores, testing problems and solutions, developing tests to predict dropping out, sex bias in vocational testing, detecting bias in standardized tests, assessments of reentry adults, and interest tests for adults. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Counselor Role, Dropout Prevention
Download full textHathaway, Warren E.; Rhodes, H. Clarence – 1979
A review of literature from the early sixties to the present provides an understanding of problems posed by potential dropouts (disadvantaged learners) and some potential solutions to those problems. The first section describes who potential dropouts are and why they are disadvantaged; how they can be identified; some remedial projects already…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth
