Examines student and school characteristics related to early school leaving, with particular attention being given to trends, implications and conclusions in studies about school dropouts. Recommendations to help potential dropouts are given. (Author/BL)

Analysis of drop-out rate, basic skill competency level, and employment status of 60 learning-disabled (LD) postsecondary age youth and 61 non-learning-disabled (NLD) same-age peers indicated significantly higher drop-out rates and significantly lower basic skills competency levels among LD youth. Significantly fewer LD and NLD high school…

Reports results of a study of students in programs of the Connecticut Regional Vocational Technical Schools, 1977-79. Comparisons were made between admitted and nonadmitted students and completers and noncompleters. The study was concerned with the prediction of academic grade point average, trade grade point average, and probable school leavers…

Dropping-out and grade level attainment among Mexican American migrant workers were investigated in South Texas. Various correlations among student attitudes, grade level, academic performance, family life, and demographic factors were examined. Factors that had a direct relationship with staying in school are discussed. (Author/DF)

This report builds upon 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 2002 and 2003, provides data about trends in dropout and completion rates over the last three decades, and examines the characteristics of high school dropouts…

This report provides information on the high school dropout rate and the number of students who drop out of the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS), North Carolina. The high school dropout rate during 1999-2000 in the WCPSS was 4.1% (2.7% for grades 7 through 12), the lowest since the start of annual reporting by the WCPSS. The WCPSS dropout…

This report provides information on the high school dropout rate and the number of students who drop out of the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS), North Carolina. The overall dropout rate continued to decline in 2000-2001 for the Wake County Public School System. The dropout rate for grades 7-12 was 2.4%, the lowest since the reporting of…

This study investigated the departure behavior of college students in the United States. Previous attrition studies have typically focused on dropout at specific points in time, such as the first year of enrollment. In this study, the timing of departure was examined over a 5-year period. It was found that factors affecting student attrition had…

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has explored the feasibility of adjusting nonstandard dropout reports to make them comparable with those from states using the standard Common Core of Data (CCD) definition. Between 1997 and 1999 staff from NCES and state education agencies worked with analysts from Westat to develop a…

This report provides dropout information for Texas schools during the 1995-96 school year. Included in the report are historical dropout information; a summary of dropout rates based on school district characteristics; a listing of dropout rates broken down by county, district, and campus; and national comparative data. The total number of…

A dilemma is arising for adult educators in expanding ABE-GED learning centers to include increasing numbers of hard-to-reach sixteen-year-old and up secondary students as well as to keep the present clientele, the undereducated adult who expects reasonable comfort and minimal anxiety. (SC)

The findings of this study show that better lines of communication have to be established between the adult student and his instructor if the adult is to attain the goals that motivated him to attend college. (Author/GB)

As a result of the findings in the present study it seems reasonable to suggest that verbal ability tests (including reading tests) be used as screening devices for entering adult students. (Authors)