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Shepard, Lorrie A.; Smith, Mary Lee – Educational Leadership, 1990
Although grade retention is widely practiced, it does not help children catch up or prevent school dropouts. In one study, children rated the prospect of flunking a grade as more stressful than wetting in class or being caught stealing. Remediation and other within-grade instructional efforts have a more positive success rate. Includes 16…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Dropout Rate, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Repetition

Wolman, Clara; And Others – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1989
This literature review focuses on the dropout phenomenon in general education, discussing interventions, dropout characteristics, and consequences of dropping out, and emphasizing literature on special education dropouts. The paper concludes by discussing implications for research and service programs that can address the dropout problem in…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs

Lyons, V. Everett, Jr.; Sheathelm, Herbert H. – NASSP Bulletin, 1988
An exploratory study of five high schools involved in the Connecticut State Department of Education's Secondary School Development Project suggests that student performance factors (early termination, academic achievement, and student attendance) may be linked to effective school characteristics. This article summarizes the mixed results of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Dropout Rate, Outcomes of Education

Watt, David L. E.; Roessingh, Hetty – English Quarterly, 1994
Describes the propensity of English-as-a-Second-Language students to drop out, or feel pushed out, of high schools in Canada. Reports on a study of such drop-out rates, particularly in Alberta high schools. Discusses the implications of these findings. (HB)
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Dropouts, Educational Research, English (Second Language)

Ford, Cynthia A. – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1990
Reviews the progress of Blacks in northern urban schools from World War II to the present. Finds that the problems of academic achievement among Blacks remain severe because of the persistence of racism. (DM)
Descriptors: Blacks, Compensatory Education, Dropout Rate, Hispanic Americans
Adrian, Judith G.; Spring, Judith – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1990
An evaluation of dropout rates in an adult basic education agency evolved into a process of critical thinking about program philosophy and function. Although philosophical differences emerged regarding organizational goals, teacher and learner roles, and curriculum, the critical evaluation process resulted in individual and collective growth in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Critical Thinking, Dropout Rate, Educational Philosophy
Rist, Marilee C. – American School Board Journal, 1991
Milwaukee's school choice pilot program allows 1,000 of the city's poorest students to attend nonsectarian private schools with taxpayer-financed vouchers. Only 600 of Milwaukee's 98,000 public school students applied for vouchers, although 55,000 met income requirements. Only 400 slots were available for voucher students in the 7 participating…
Descriptors: Competition, Dropout Rate, Pilot Projects, Private Schools
Hanford, Terry; White, Kathleen – American School Board Journal, 1991
Although numbers such as average test scores or dropout rates can capture part of a school system's success or failure, school statistics seldom tell the whole story. School board members should realize that numbers might measure compliance or process, rather than improvement. Also, improvements in numbers might reflect changes in assessment…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
The Primary School Dropout in Spain: The Influence of Family Background and Labor Market Conditions.

Peraita, Carlos; Pastor, Margarita – Education Economics, 2000
Despite 2 decades of overall enrollment increases at all education levels, Spain's primary-school dropout rate is relatively high and permanent. A study using 1985 living/working conditions data shows that family socioeconomic-status variables significantly determine probability of dropping out; youth labor market conditions are also influential.…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Education, Family Characteristics

Alspaugh, John W. – Journal of Educational Research, 1998
Investigated achievement loss related to transitions from elementary to middle school and from middle school to high school. A comparison of three groups of 16 school districts found that the instability and adjustments required of students in school transitions related to educational outcomes. Students placed in relatively small cohort groups for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Dropout Rate, Elementary Secondary Education

Sher, Kenneth J.; And Others – Journal of College Student Development, 1996
Examines the longitudinal course of psychological distress in a cohort of 457 first-time college freshmen over 4 years. Both high- and low-risk individuals reported a clear, steady decline in distress across the four years, which appeared more a function of adaptation than an artifact of collegiate attrition. (JPS)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Dropout Rate, High Risk Students, Higher Education

Saddler, Sterling; Thoma, Colleen A.; Whiston, Susan – Workforce Education Forum, 2002
State department data on Nevada 12th graders in schools with high versus low dropout rates showed differences in school-to-career (STC) experiences. Five significant variables were unpaid school-year or summer internshps, service learning, volunteering, and other workplace experience. High unemployment in the state may have diminished some of…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Education Work Relationship, High School Students, High Schools

Velez, 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
Duren Green, Tonika; McIntosh, Angela Stephens; Cook-Morales, Valerie J; Robinson-Zaartu, Carol – Remedial and Special Education, 2005
Despite the promise of "Brown v. Board of Education," segregation is alive and well in today's schools. African American students are overrepresented in special education, have higher dropout rates, are suspended and expelled at higher rates, and are subject to persistent educational inequity. The role of psychoeducational assessment at the…
Descriptors: Psychoeducational Methods, Special Education, Dropout Rate, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Evawoma-Enuku, Usiwoma; Mgbor, Mike – Education + Training, 2005
Purpose - The paper aims to review the National Open Apprenticeship Scheme and how it has fulfilled its mandate of promoting skill acquisition and youth employment in Nigeria, in the 17 years since the inception of the National Directorate of Employment NDE. Design/methodology/approach - Site visits to trainers' workshops were carried out to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Training Methods, Educational Background, Youth Employment