A Texas school district refined the state at-risk criteria, resulting in 22 individual at-risk categories. This study focused on the classification and followup of 4 cohorts, each of over 25,000 students, during the academic years 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, and 1990-91. Among the findings were that being overage for grade level was a strong…

This report presents major drop-out prevention events in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) since these efforts were initiated in 1982 by the Office of Research and Evaluation (ORE). The following are the major findings of the report: (1) the ORE has been researching and studying the dropout problem since 1982-83, and the effort…

This paper describes a methodology for the evaluation of dropout prevention programs, for calculating dropout rates, and for comparing alternative programs equitably. A first step involves developing a hierarchy of criteria for evaluating programs. These criteria are used to obtain dropout risk probability for individuals and groups and types of…