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Peer reviewedQuinn, Terrence – NASSP Bulletin, 1991
According to this literature review, school practices such as placement of at-risk students in alternative, nontraditional programs, individualized counseling, low student-teacher ratio, heavy vocational emphasis, and peer tutoring successfully lower dropout rates, whereas remediation, retention in grade, tracking, and suspension only exacerbate…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, High Risk Students, Immigrants, Intervention
