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Alliance for Excellent Education, 2009
Graduation rates are a fundamental indicator of whether or not the nation's public school system is doing what it is intended to do: enroll, engage, and educate youth to be productive members of society. Since almost 90 percent of the fastest-growing and highest-paying jobs require some postsecondary education, having a high school diploma and the…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Dropouts, Graduation, Academic Achievement
Quinonez, Arnie A. – 1971
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the education that Spanish American students received from the Scottsbluff High School, Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Information was collected from 50 former students from the years 1965 and 1968 on their education, present status and suggested school improvements. Data were collected by direct and indirect…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agricultural Laborers, Dropout Rate, Economic Factors
SJOGREN, DOUGLAS D. – 1964
THE PURPOSE WAS TO DETERMINE IF MATERIALS CONSTRUCTED ACCORDING TO PROGRAMING PRINCIPLES WOULD BE RELATED TO ACHIEVEMENT, COMPLETION TIME, AND DROPOUT RATE IN CORRESPONDENCE STUDY. THREE METHODS WERE USED IN ADMINISTERING THE NINTH-GRADE LEVEL TEMAC ALGEBRA PROGRAM AND THE ENGLISH 2600 PROGRAM. SUPPLEMENTARY PROGRAMED MATERIALS WERE PREPARED AND…
Descriptors: Achievement, Algebra, Correspondence Study, Dropout Rate