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Download full textBryk, Anthony S.; Thum, Yeow Meng – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2017
This paper examines the effects of school characteristics on both the probability of dropping out and the strongest predictor of dropping out -- absenteeism. The authors employ a sub-sample from the High School and Beyond (HS&B) database which contains results of background questionnaires and standardized achievement tests given in 1980 to…
Descriptors: Attendance, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Direct linkKim, Kyung-Nyun – Education and Urban Society, 2015
This study investigated the relation between building human capital of former dropouts and their occupational standing and the interaction effects with individual characteristics. By applying the growth curve model, this study highlighted the factors that lead high school dropouts to enhance their occupational standing. An increment in the work…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research, Investigations
MILLER, S.M.; AND OTHERS – 1964
RESEARCH ON SCHOOL DROPOUTS IS HANDICAPPED IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS--DEFINITION OF THE DROPOUT POPULATION, INCONSISTENT METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION, INADEQUATE RESEARCH DESIGNS, COMMUNITY VARIATION, VARIATION IN TYPE OF DROPOUT, AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROCESS OF DROPPING OUT. DROPOUT GROUPS SHOULD BE CLEARLY DEFINED, AND VARIATION IN THESE GROUPS…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
BURROWS, EARL R.; AND OTHERS – 1965
REPORTS WERE RECEIVED FROM ALL COLORADO SCHOOL DISTRICTS ON THE NUMBER OF DROPOUTS FROM GRADES 7 THROUGH 12. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DROPOUTS AND A RANDOM SAMPLING OF CHARACTERISTICS OF SENIORS WERE OBTAINED. PUPIL ACCOUNTABILITY WAS SEPARATED INTO TWO ASPECTS, SUMMER DROPOUT AND UNKNOWN WITHDRAWALS. CONFIRMATION WAS FOUND IN THE RESULTS THAT…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
Joubert, Lionel; And Others – 1986
The Los Angeles Unified School District has funded several innovative prevention/recovery programs to determine indicators that will help local schools identify the potential early leaver. This annual study for the 1983-84 school year examines the number of students in grades 10 through 12 who left school without a diploma. Findings cover all…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
Baltimore City Public Schools, MD. – 1986
The Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) developed a Dropout Retrieval Project with the following aims: (1) to identify and retrieve the dropout students aged 16 to 21; (2) to bring the students back to educational programs which would lead to the completion of their education; and (3) to develop plans to prevent future dropouts. This report…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Students, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs
Sherman, Joel D. – 1987
This document presents the executive summary of a research project undertaken to provide a national overview of the dimensions of the dropout problem, focusing specifically on gender differences; and to identify strategies that are being used to address the dropout problem, assess effectiveness of these strategies, and suggest ways that these…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
Schargel, Franklin P.; Smink, Jay – 2001
Lowering the student dropout rate in America is one of the most significant challenges facing educators today. This book calls attention to this problem, and offers hope and suggestions on how to resolve it using effective strategies taken from research and personal observations gleaned from successful dropout prevention programs in school…
Descriptors: Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
MILLER, LEONARD M. – 1964
A REVISED VERSION OF THE 1963 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RESOURCE MATERIALS PROVIDES INFORMATION ON IDENTIFYING THE POTENTIAL DROPOUT, ON MEASURES BEING TAKEN BY SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, AND ON THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF RESEARCH BEING CONDUCTED ON THE DROPOUT PROBLEM. THE MATERIALS ARE IN SECTIONS--"GENERAL…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Bibliographies, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs
Doss, David A.; Holley, Freda M. – Spectrum, 1985
The school-leaving pattern of students aged 14 in 1978 was recorded by the Austin (Texas) Independent School District from 1978 to 1983, providing data on the socioeconomic, academic, and behavioral characteristics of dropouts and their reasons for dropping out. Several preventative measures are suggested. (PGD)
Descriptors: Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Wenrich, J. William; And Others – 1971
The purpose of this successful experimental program at the College of San Mateo was to determine whether active participation in an individualized instructional program such as the Learning Center would be related to a lower level of attrition of first-time freshmen who are identified as high probability dropouts. Forty-nine potential dropout…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
Peer reviewedBeck, Lisa; Muia, Joseph A. – High School Journal, 1980
Reviews research on the characteristics of the dropout (relationships, socioeconomic status, attitudes, behavior, school performance); the economic and social costs of dropping out; and current efforts for dropout assistance or dropout prevention. (SJL)
Descriptors: Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Varner, Sherrell E. – 1967
A survey of the school dropout problem in the United States focuses attention on (1) defining school dropouts, (2) the magnitude of the dropout problem, (3) types and extent of research on school dropouts, (4) why pupils drop out of school, (5) factors leading to early school withdrawal, (6) what happens to school dropouts, (7) employment…
Descriptors: Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Merchant, Betty – 1987
Understanding why students drop out is important in developing effective dropout prevention strategies. Traditional research has focused on high school dropouts; recent interest uses a developmental approach and examines possibilities for earlier intervention. Each section of this report analyzes dropout prevention at the preschool, elementary,…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Hahn, Andrew; And Others – 1987
Dropouts are defined throughout this document (including in its graphic displays) as: early school leavers, expelled, intermittent learners, leftouts, pushouts, stopouts, suspended, and truants. Sufficient research has been done about school dropouts to begin a comprehensive solution. Schools and other institutions must mobilize the knowledge to…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
