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Peer reviewedVelez, William; Saenz, Rogelio – School Psychology Quarterly, 2001
The Latino population continues to have extremely high dropout rates compared to other racial and ethnic groups. Article provides an overview of the literature on Latino dropouts and contains a brief discussion of key policy issues that can be addressed with the development of research and data sources focusing on Latino dropouts. (Contains 97…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Educational Policy
Download full textEkstrand, Gudrun, Ed. – 1992
This document consists of a report on the Minor Field Studies (MFS) program of the Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA) and contains two MFS papers by teacher trainees at the Malmo School of Education in Sweden. The papers presented are "Drop-outs in Orissa," by Elisabeth Rosen, and "Education in India: A Study of…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Spain, William H.; Sharpe, Dennis B. – 1990
The study of Youth Transition into the Labour Market (YTLM) began several years ago in the spring of 1987. The project consists of two parallel yet interrelated studies, one focusing on the full cohort of approximately 9000 Level III high school students in Newfoundland and Labrador at the end of the 1988-89 school year, and a second, which…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts
TUCKER, ALLAN; AND OTHERS – 1964
A STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO DISCOVER SOME OF THE POSSIBLE FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR ATTRITION AMONG DOCTORAL STUDENTS. ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE WITH ABOUT 20 REPRESENTATIVE GRADUATE SCHOOLS TO OBTAIN NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF ALL STUDENTS WHO WERE ENROLLED IN POST-MASTER OR DOCTORAL PROGRAMS BETWEEN 1950 AND 1954. A LENGTHY QUESTIONNAIRE WAS MAILED TO…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Peer reviewedHamilton, Stephen F. – Teachers College Record, 1986
The author considers the effect of raising school standards on the dropout rate. Research related to dropout prevention programs is reviewed in order to identify charactertistics of effective programs. The West German system of early student differentiation is examined. (MT)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate
Barocci, Thomas A. – Manpower, 1973
Why the dropout rate in apprenticeship programs is high, and ways to lower the rate and improve the programs. (MF)
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research
Peer reviewedKelly, Delos H.; Pink, William T. – Youth and Society, 1972
Examines the zero-order relationship between academic status and high-school dropout, and whether the percentage of dropout increases after the variable of social involvement is introduced. (DM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research
Gaustad, Joan – 1991
An overview of issues and problems in identifying and predicting dropouts is presented in this Digest. The topics discussed are as follows: factors associated with dropping out; defining and calculating dropouts; problems in prediction; the usefulness of current prediction models; and suggestions for improving prediction. The recommendation is…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts
PDF pending restorationClaus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1994
This is the third edition of a new generation of reports on dropouts for the school district of Saginaw, Michigan. The dropout rate is specified as the percentage of students who leave school in any one year, adjusting for those who moved in and out of the district, whereas retention rate is defined as the percentage of ninth graders who graduate…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research
Smith, David Lawson – 1994
The methods and formula developed by the National Center for Education Statistics for the collection of dropout counts and the formula have been topics of some discussion among various states, including Nevada, and especially Arizona. This paper highlights, from a state's perspective, some of the conceptual, methodological, and statistical…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Elementary Secondary Education
West Virginia State Dept. of Education, Charleston. – 1986
This study of dropout statistics in West Virginia in school year 1984-85 presents the data in the form of graphs. Each graph is followed by a one sentence conclusion and a question or questions about the dropout problem. Topics and questions covered are as follows: (1) was the dropout involved in Educational Consolidation Improvement Act (ECIA) or…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Gallant, Steve; Housden, Theresa – 1986
The large number of dropouts estimated by the California State Department of Education has caused concern for educators, lawmakers, and the general public. A 1985 investigation of the graduation rate of the 1979 freshman class of San Juan High School was conducted which also sought to identify logistical problems with the collection of data needed…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Grade Point Average, High School Students
Mathisen, Kenneth S.; Meyers, Kathleen – 1984
Treatment attrition is a major problem for programs treating adolescent substance abusers. To isolate and cross validate factors which are predictive of addiction treatment attrition among adolescent substance abusers, screening interview and diagnostic variables from 119 adolescent in-patients were submitted to a discriminant equation analysis.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research
Scales, Harry H. – J Educ Res, 1969
A survey of 194 California high schools.
Descriptors: Counseling, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
STOLLER, DAVID S. – 1966
THE PROBABILITIES OF BEING IN SCHOOL AT EACH AGE, FOR ALL MALE CHILDREN AND FOR CHILDREN FROM FAMILIES WITH LOW INCOMES, ARE PRESENTED IN TABULAR FORM FROM FIGURES OBTAINED FROM "THE UNITED STATES CENSUS OF POPULATION 1960--SCHOOL ENROLLMENT." ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT STUDENTS FROM LOW-INCOME FAMILIES HAVE A SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER TENDENCY TO…
Descriptors: Age, Attendance Patterns, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate
