A high school in Oregon has had positive results from the development of a dropout prevention program. Students meet together each day, develop goals, and earn credits for successful efforts. Program design and implementation are described. (DF)

This manual provides a synthesis of research-based dropout prevention and intervention and offers examples of interventions that show evidence of effectiveness. This has proven to be a difficult task because the intervention research on dropout and school completion that can be used to inform practice is incomplete (Dynarski & Gleason, 2002;…

This report is the latest in a series of National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reports on high school dropout and completion rates that began in 1988. It presents estimates of rates in 2001, and includes time series data on high school dropout and completion rates for the period 1972 through 2001. In addition to extending time series…

Discusses dropout problems in adult education courses in India. (DS)

Biographical and attitudinal characteristics of dropout college students are compared with students who did not drop out. It was proposed that these nonintellective characteristics have an effect on attrition greater than academic ability. Results are discussed. (Author/CG)

A survey of 455 special education teachers in 17 Appalachian Georgia counties examined characteristics, reasons for dropping out, and unmet school needs of disabled dropouts. The average dropout was a 16-year-old white male who was entering the ninth grade and who had not previously been employed. Implications for dropout prevention are discussed.…

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…

Analyzes the effectiveness of widely used risk factors for identifying potential dropouts, using data from the School Dropout Demonstration Assistance Program. Findings indicate that most risk factors are not effective predictors of dropping out, and that dropout prevention programs often serve students who would not have dropped out and do not…

FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS WERE INVESTIGATED. IQ AND PREVIOUS GRADE WERE EXAMINED, 23.8 PERCENT OF THE DROPOUTS QUESTIONED INDICATED LACK OF INTEREST AS THE PRIMARY REASON FOR LEAVING SCHOOL. ANOTHER 13.4 PERCENT INDICATED PARENTAL LACK OF INTEREST, WHILE 15.3 PERCENT INDICATED DISCOURAGEMENT THROUGH COURSE FAILURE. NINE…

Describes research evaluating the success of the Pontiac I.I.P. in changing student behavior and in improving academic achievement of potential drop-outs. (AN)

This study documents the public costs of high school dropouts in Georgia, and examines how policies that increase school choice, such as the recently-enacted tuition tax credit scholarship program will provide large public benefits by increasing public school graduation rates. The study calculates the annual cost of Georgia dropouts caused by…

More than half of all Denver Public Schools (DPS) students who start in the ninth grade do not graduate within four years. If DPS is to significantly impact this graduation crisis, it must prioritize the implementation of systemic and research-based strategies around prevention, recuperation, and recovery of off-track students. With a 100 percent…