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Peer reviewedHorowitz, Tamar Ruth – Adolescence, 1992
Examined dropping out of school in four schools in Israel. Found significant differences in attitudes of persistent students and dropouts even before act of dropping out occurred. In vocational, comprehensive, and agricultural schools, dropouts scored more positively than persistent students on Anderson's Alienation Scales: self-estrangement,…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Foreign Countries, Identification, Potential Dropouts
Texas State Dept. of Community Affairs, Austin. Training and Employment Development Div. – 1986
As a response to legislative demands, the Texas School Dropout Survey described in this document attempted to identify the magnitude of the dropout problem, regional characteristics or causes of the problem, costs associated with dropping out, and programs currently available for serving the dropout population. Twenty-four major findings of the…
Descriptors: Differences, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, Identification
Download full textGabriel, Roy M.; Anderson, Patricia S. – 1987
This report examining at-risk youth uses information from a regional database to illustrate the prevalence of at-risk youth within and across the six northwest states (Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington). These analyses are presented to illustrate the use of a database to aid state level decision-makers in identifying the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Databases, Dropout Characteristics
Mizell, M. Hayes – 1987
A risk assessment instrument for identifying potential dropouts at the middle and high school levels and an accompanying explanation of the instrument are provided in this document. The instrument provides a checklist of 21 criteria; the more criteria the student meets, the greater his risk of dropping out. Criteria include age in comparison to…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, High Risk Students, High Schools
Romanik, Dale G.; Blazer, Christie A. – 1990
A sample of dropouts is surveyed to determine their reasons for dropping out of school and to assess the factors currently used by the Dade County (Florida) school system to identify at-risk students. Data from telephone surveys of a randomly-selected sample of 2,779 persons who dropped out of grades 7 through 12 during 1986-87, 1987-88, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Attitudes
