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Risk and Resilience in Student Transitions to High School.
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Catterall, James S. – American Journal of Education, 1998
Explores the concepts of risk and resilience applied to eighth graders and suggests advantages in considering a definition of risk grounded in actual school performance and behavior rather than to various group-level probabilities of failure. Evidence shows the importance of family supports, school responsiveness to students, and student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Academic Persistence, Dropout Characteristics