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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
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
The 1984-85 age-grade distribution for the New York City Public Schools shows that one-third of the city's approximately 850,000 general education and resource room students were above the standard age for their grade. The proportion of overage students increased in the upper grades; in grades nine, ten, and eleven, over half were above standard…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Age Grade Placement, Dropout Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textConnecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. Bureau of Research, Planning, and Evaluation. – 1990
This report presents data from 25 school districts in Connecticut that were involved in dropout prevention planning programs in grades kindergarten through twelfth for the 1987-88 and 1988-89 school years. Each of these districts addresses the problems of both accounting for the dropout rate, and developing an effective and reliable method for the…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
