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Thompson, Paul N.; Tomayko, Emily J.; Gunter, Katherine B.; Schuna, John, Jr. – Education Economics, 2022
Four-day school week schedules are being adopted with increasing frequency, particularly in rural areas. In this paper, we consider the academic implications of students in Oregon attending a four-day school week for the first time when they enter high school. We find 11th grade math achievement in 0.09 standard deviations lower among four-day…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 11, School Schedules, Time Factors (Learning)
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Lassibille, Gerard; Gomez, Lucia Navarro – Education Economics, 2008
This paper seeks to advance our understanding of the drop-out behavior of students in higher education. Our results are based on longitudinal data for 7000 students who embarked on short and long programs from one university in Spain and who were observed over an eight-year period ending in 2004. The statistical analysis is carried out in a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Family Characteristics, Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis