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Download full textKolstad, Andrew J.; Owings, Jeffrey A. – 1986
This study aimed to describe the following: (1) how many dropouts attempt to change the course of their lives by returning to complete their diploma requirements; (2) what kinds of dropouts return; and (3) how the subsequent activities of this group differ from those of dropouts who remained out of school. Those groups shown by previous research…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Continuation Students, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs
Early School Leavers: High School Students Who Left before Graduating, 1981-82. Publication No. 428.
Renfroe, William – 1983
This report of the number and percentage of senior high school students who left school before graduating found that: (1) 7% of the fall 1981 high school enrollment left before the end of the 1981-1982 school year; (2) leavers accounted for 6% from regular high schools enrollment, 51% from continuation high schools, and 7% from other high schools;…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Continuation Students, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate
Sacramento City Unified School District, CA. – 1984
This report is a summary of dropout rates for the 1980-81, 1981-82, and 1982-83 school years. From 1980 to 1983, dropout rates at individual schools ranged from 4.1 percent to 15.5 percent at regular high schools, 15.6 percent to 40.7 percent at continuation schools, and 12.1 percent to 50.3 percent in independent study programs at continuation…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Academic Persistence, Attendance, Continuation Students
San Diego City Schools, CA. Planning, Research and Evaluation Div. – 1982
The San Diego City Schools collected statistics about grades 9-12 students who withdrew from school during the 1979-80 school year. The study's purpose was to determine how many of these former students did not enroll in schools elsewhere and, therefore, should be considered school leavers. The following generalizations may be made from the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Continuation Students, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate
State Univ. of New York, Oneonta. Coll. at Oneonta. – 1985
Responses to a survey questionnaire completed by 1,070 migrant students who returned to school after dropping out were tabulated and listed by response frequency to determine student characteristics that will help migrant educators predict dropout behavior and address its causes. Participating students were enrolled in 13 High School Equivalency…
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Continuation Students, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs
Peng, Samuel S. – 1985
In recent years, more than 25 percent of potential graduates--more than one million youngsters annually--left school without graduating. The dropout rate is even higher for Blacks, Hispanics and students from families of lower socioeconomic status. Since the dropout problem is closely related to broad social issues, such as youth unemployment,…
Descriptors: Black Students, Continuation Students, Dropout Characteristics, Economically Disadvantaged
