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Plank, Stephen B.; DeLuca, Stefanie; Estacion, Angela – Sociology of Education, 2008
This article uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 to investigate high school dropout and its association with the high school curriculum. In particular, it examines how combinations of career and technical education (CTE) and core academic courses influence the likelihood of leaving school. Hazards models indicate a…
Descriptors: High Schools, Courses, Dropouts, Vocational Education
Boyd-Zaharias, Jayne; Pate-Bain, Helen – Phi Delta Kappan, 2008
Low achievement and high dropout rates among poor and minority students continue to plague U.S. society. While much attention over the past quarter century has focused on reforming the schools these students attend, little or no progress has been made in actually closing the achievement gaps or reducing the number of dropouts. Why? Aren't…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Economically Disadvantaged, Low Achievement, Educational Quality
Dorn, Sherman – Education and the Public Interest Center, 2009
A new report published by the Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions is a minor variant on six similar reports published by the Friedman Foundation over the past three years. The new report repeats some of the errors in the previous reports, and it follows a parallel structure, arguing that the costs of dropping out are dramatic for the…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Graduation Rate, Dropouts, Educational Attainment
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Tuck, Kathy D. – 1991
These dropout and migration statistics were compiled during the first year of implementation of the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) dropout tracking and database system. These data were collected, primarily, to determine the number of students leaving the DCPS before graduation who did not re-enroll in another educational institution.…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Dickerson, Richard; And Others – 1986
The first section of this report provides information comparing selected dropout data from the Virginia State Department of Education's publication "Facing Up" for the years 1980-1985. The report states that the comparisons were made to show the need to continue efforts to reduce the number of dropouts and to provide programs for those…
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Haynes, Diane – 1986
This paper provides descriptive information on high school students who have dropped out, graduated, or left the Seattle Public Schools for other reasons since the 1981-82 school year. First, the number and percentage of leaving students for each of four reasons (exemption, termination, suspension/expulsion, no-show) are indicated. Additional…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate, Ethnic Groups, Family Characteristics
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. Office of Educational Accountability. – 1983
The purpose of this study was to determine the validity of school and district dropout data and, if possible, to establish an accurate dropout rate for the Dade County Public Schools. Several key school files and documents were examined; prior dropout data were examined; and a survey of school personnel was conducted. The general conclusion of the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Dropout Rate, Dropouts, School Districts
Parkin, Michael – 1989
Dropout classification systems must be standardized, updated, and simplified to accurately reflect conditions of student departures from school; current, nonstandardized systems allow gathered data to be biased and of poor quality. Improvements will inform administrators of the specific causes behind students' early withdrawals--whether students…
Descriptors: Action Research, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Foreign Countries
Bernoff, Louis – 1981
This is a report on high school dropouts in the Los Angeles Unified School District during 1979-80. The study covered 110 secondary schools and sought to determine: 1) the frequency and rate of school leaving among tenth, eleventh, and twelfth graders; 2) the characteristics of the leaver; and 3) reasons for leaving school. The data were collected…
Descriptors: Definitions, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research
Guam Univ., Mangilao. Micronesian Area Research Center. – 1981
This paper presents the results of a study conducted to determine the level of degree completion among Micronesian college students. The report begins with an overview of the social, geographical, and phenomenological context of postsecondary education in Micronesia. Study results are then presented for the following areas of investigation: (1)…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate
Amlung, Susan, Ed. – 1980
This paper contains a study of student attendance problems in the New York City school system. The goals of the study were to determine the degree to which the chancellor's attendance program had been implemented at the school level, to explore some attendance-related issues, and to make recommendations for action by the board of education.…
Descriptors: Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate, Dropouts
VAIL, EVAN – 1966
IN THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS, 1962-65, RIVERSIDE CITY COLLEGE HAD THREE DIFFERENT POLICIES FOR STUDENT WITHDRAWALS FROM CLASS--(1) A 6-WEEK NO-PENALTY PERIOD, WITH THE GRADE ASSIGNED FOR WITHDRAWALS AFTER THAT PERIOD TO BE DETERMINED BY THE STUDENTS' PROGRESS UP TO THE DATE OF WITHDRAWAL, (2) A 6-WEEK NO-PENALTY PERIOD, WITH GRADES OF F FOR LATER…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate, Persistence, Policy
Abdun-Nur, Victor J. – 1976
Using Attribution Theory, this study examined the effect of exam failure on attrition. Previous Attribution Theory studies indicate that while ascription of failure to lack of ability leads to abandoning the activity, ascription to lack of effort does not necessarily lead to the same outcome. It was, therefore, hypothesized that lower-ability…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Failure, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis
Suczek, Robert F.; Alfert, Elizabeth – 1970
An experimental college program has been developed to provide a different, less structured program for the first two undergraduate years for 150 students at the University of California. Program content is focused on the study of four periods of crisis and change in western civilization. Students and faculty will read from primary sources, holding…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Educational Environment, Experimental Programs, Higher Education
Yiannakis, Andrew – 1974
This study attempted to find reasons for the large proportion of dropouts in the federal government's National Summer Youth Sports Program. Selected scales of the Jesness Inventory were administered (value orientation, alienation, denial, and occupational aspiration) at the beginning of the program to 66 11-year-old boys enrolled in a 1971 program…
Descriptors: Athletics, Blacks, Delinquency, Dropout Attitudes
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