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Download full textRandel, Bruce; Moore, Laurie; Blair, Pam – Regional Educational Laboratory Central, 2008
This report presents comprehensive and detailed information on grades 7-12 dropout rates and on high school graduation rates in the Central Region. Dropout and graduation rates are presented for the region as a whole and for each state in the region, by gender, race/ethnicity, locale, and grade. The rates provide a comprehensive reference for…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Dropout Rate, High Schools, Graduation Rate
Medrano, Marlene; Borgrink, Henry – New Mexico Public Education Department, 2007
The New Mexico Dropout Report is published annually to provide information for educators, parents, legislators, and other interested parties on the status of education in New Mexico. This report describes the extent and nature of the school dropout dilemma in the state, providing information on the numbers and percentages of dropouts by grade,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Dropout Rate, Dropouts, National Standards
Connecticut 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
Kaufman, Phillip; And Others – 1996
The decade of the 1980s saw great change in the educational system. This report examines the changing demographics of high school students over the last decade and investigates the impact that these changes may have had on high school dropout rates. Specifically, the study examined the changing nature of the high school population during the last…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Demography, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate
Troob, Charles – 1985
A longitudinal analysis of students who entered New York City high schools in 1979 supports the perception that most future dropouts can be identified at the beginning of their high school careers. This study examined the records of more than a quarter of the 1979 entering class at New York City high schools. Analyses were performed on attendance,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate
Hauser, Robert M.; Simmons, Solon J.; Pager, Devah I. – 2000
This paper uses data from the October Current Population Surveys, which involved 167,400 youth age 14-24 years who were subject to the risk of high school dropout, to examine the effects of race, ethnicity, and social background on high school students' dropout rates. Research indicates that between 1972 and 1998, the dropout rate was least among…
Descriptors: Black Students, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts
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The Montana School Accreditation Standards (10.55.603, ARM) require schools to do follow-up studies of graduates and students no longer in attendance. This report provides information on students who graduated or dropped out of Montana public, state-funded and nonpublic, accredited schools during the 2004-05 school year. Students who drop out of…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Dropouts, Employment Opportunities, Unemployment
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1985
This report, compiled by the North Carolina State Board of Education's Office for Dropout Prevention, provides dropout data, reasons for students' dropping out of school, and approaches for keeping students in school until successful completion of their education. Facts and figures for dropout rates of high school and the extended day school…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate
Geddes, John; Golbetz, Thomas – 1992
During spring 1991, a study was conducted at San Diego City College (SDCC) in California to explore the various factors which motivate students to drop out, propose remediation strategies based on the research findings, and suggest further studies to identify and analyze problem areas more explicitly. To examine students' reasons for dropping out,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Attitudes
Maack, Stephen C. – 2001
The Academic Assistance System (AAS) at Rio Hondo College in California is the early academic warning system that flags students in academic trouble. The AAS aims to assist these at-risk students through counseling, time management/study skills workshops, tutoring, and other programs. Students who received early warning letters and who responded…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Failure, Community Colleges, Dropout Prevention
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. – 1993
This booklet presents statistical graphs and tables on Iowa's state of education. The report centers on the state's dropouts and graduates. The rates for fiscal 1992 secondary school dropouts include comparisons for the state, number of students enrolled, 16 different merged areas, by sex, and by grade distribution. Also included are K-12…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Children, Dropout Research
Farias, Richard R., Comp. – 1989
This press package provides data about the operations of the Houston Independent School District (HISD). The information is presented to compare test results among schools that are predominately Black, White, and Hispanic. The test results are broken down into three subject areas: reading, math, and writing. Other figures offer information on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
Frazer, Linda; Nichols, Todd – 1991
In response to state legislation specifying criteria by which schools should identify elementary school and secondary school students at risk of dropping out, schools in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District reported students who were at risk in 1990-91. The operational definitions for the state criteria for grades 7-12 include age,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian American Students, Black Students, Dropout Characteristics
Camayd-Freixas, Yohel; Horst, Leslie – 1986
This study updates and adds to data presented in a March 1986 study on the dropout problem in Boston (Massachusetts) Public Schools. The current study has the following four major parts: (1) updates to student loss data for the entire 1985-86 school year; (2) demographic studies of dropouts for that period: analyses by gender, race, grade,…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research
Medrano, Marlene; Borgrink, Henry; Gage, Tom – New Mexico Public Education Department, 2005
The New Mexico Dropout Report is published annually to provide information for educators, parents, legislators, and other interested parties on the status of education in New Mexico. This report describes the extent and nature of the school dropout dilemma in the state, providing information on the numbers and percentages of dropouts by grade,…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Dropouts, National Standards, High Risk Students
