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Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1991
This document presents recommendations to the Texas state legislature for meeting a 1997-98 goal of reducing the projected longitudinal and cross-sectional state dropout rates. Data for 1986 indicate that approximately 86,000 students were dropping out of Texas schools every year. The recommendations presented here were determined: (1) by tracing…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Iowa Association of Alternative Education, Newton. – 1991
Information on alternative education and programs for potential dropouts and dropouts in Iowa is compiled in this directory. Data were obtained from reports submitted to the Iowa Association of Alternative Education (IAAE) and from out-of-state sources. Following the introduction and information on the IAAE, 15 sections present information on the…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Download full textTexas Education Agency, Austin. – 1993
State legislation requires that the Texas Education Agency write a plan to reduce the state's cross-sectional and longitudinal dropout rates to no more than 5 percent by 1997-98. This report presents the current plan, with current aggregate and disaggregate data on the dropout rate of students in grades 7 through 12 and projections for…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate, Educational Change
Orr, Margaret Terry – 1987
Our nation's youth dropout rate, while consistent for almost 20 years, has increasingly become a major educational and societal problem. This summary of a longer sourcebook provides an overview of various strategies and initiatives for groups, schools, businesses, and communities to consider in addressing their dropout problems, and describes a…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Continuing Education, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
Minnesota State Dept. of Education, St. Paul. – 1981
This report on secondary school dropouts consists of an analysis of the scope and nature of the dropout problem, a discussion of successful programs and activities for dropouts, a description of a pilot study involving Minnesota public secondary schools and Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) agencies, and presentation of…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, American Indians, Blacks, Change Strategies
