Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428927476
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Subsequent educational attainment of high school dropouts
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428927476
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Subsequent Educational Attainment of High School Dropouts
Author: Jennifer BerktoldPublisher: Department of Education Office of Educational
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
This study uses data from the 1988 National Education Longitudinal Study and its 1994 followup to examine the educational and employment attainment of 1988 eighth graders who dropped out of high school. About half of them ultimately completed high school. By 1994, 16% had completed a high school diploma, 29% had completed a General Educational Development (GED) or equivalency certificate, and 24% were working on a diploma or GED. The remaining one-third of dropouts had no credential and were not pursuing any further education. High school completion among dropouts was associated with socioeconomic status. Dropouts who had demonstrated academic ability, although not necessarily academic performance, were most likely to complete high school. By 1994, 2 years after most of the"cohort" had completed high school, high school completion among dropouts was associated with some educational, but few employment, characteristics. In 1994, most dropouts were either working, looking for work, or at home. About the same proportion of dropouts as 1988 eighth graders who had never dropped out reported working full time or part time in 1994, but those who had never dropped out were more likely to be taking academic courses. More than half of those who had never dropped out were enrolled in 2-year or 4-year postsecondary institutions. About one in four dropouts had enrolled in a postsecondary institution by 1994. One appendix is a glossary, and the other contains technical notes and remarks on methodology. (Contains 19 tables, 7 figures, and 12 references.) (SLD)
Subsequent Educational Attainment of High School Dropouts
Author: Jennifer BerktoldPublisher:
ISBN: 9780160496004
Category : Academic achievement
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Subsequent Educational Attainment Of High School Dropouts. Postsecondary Education Descriptives Analysis Reports. Statistical Analysis Report... ED419900... U.S. Department Of Education
Author: United States. Office of Educational Research and ImprovementPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
High School Dropout, Graduation, and Completion Rates
Author: National Academy of EducationPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309163072
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
High school graduation and dropout rates have long been used as indicators of educational system productivity and effectiveness and of social and economic well being. While determining these rates may seem like a straightforward task, their calculation is in fact quite complicated. How does one count a student who leaves a regular high school but later completes a GED? How does one count a student who spends most of his/her high school years at one school and then transfers to another? If the student graduates, which school should receive credit? If the student drops out, which school should take responsibility? High School Dropout, Graduation, and Completion Rates addresses these issues and to examine (1) the strengths, limitations, accuracy, and utility of the available dropout and completion measures; (2) the state of the art with respect to longitudinal data systems; and (3) ways that dropout and completion rates can be used to improve policy and practice.
Mexican American Teen-age School Dropouts
Author: Sherry WagesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : High school dropouts
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Understanding Dropouts
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309170583
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
The role played by testing in the nation's public school system has been increasing steadily-and growing more complicated-for more than 20 years. The Committee on Educational Excellence and Testing Equity (CEETE) was formed to monitor the effects of education reform, particularly testing, on students at risk for academic failure because of poverty, lack of proficiency in English, disability, or membership in population subgroups that have been educationally disadvantaged. The committee recognizes the important potential benefits of standards-based reforms and of test results in revealing the impact of reform efforts on these students. The committee also recognizes the valuable role graduation tests can potentially play in making requirements concrete, in increasing the value of a diploma, and in motivating students and educators alike to work to higher standards. At the same time, educational testing is a complicated endeavor, that reality can fall far short of the model, and that testing cannot by itself provide the desired benefits. If testing is improperly used, it can have negative effects, such as encouraging school leaving, that can hit disadvantaged students hardest. The committee was concerned that the recent proliferation of high school exit examinations could have the unintended effect of increasing dropout rates among students whose rates are already far higher than the average, and has taken a close look at what is known about influences on dropout behavior and at the available data on dropouts and school completion.
Dreams Deferred
Author: Richard J. ColeyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : High school dropouts
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
A Recommended Approach to Providing High School Dropout and Completion Rates at the State Level
Author: Economics of Education
Author: Dominic J. BrewerPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080965318
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
A collection of short, stand-alone chapters divided into five sections including overview of the field; private and social returns to human capital investments; production, costs and ?nancing of education; teachers and teacher labor markets; and education markets, choice and incentives. The collection provides international perspectives that describe the origins of these subjects, their major issues and proponents, their landmark studies, and opportunities for future research. The 70 contributors are each well-regarded economists whose research has advanced the topic on which they write, and this book fulfills an undersupplied niche for a text in the economics of education. The chapters come from the acclaimed International Encyclopedia of Education, 3e (2010), edited by Eva Baker, Barry McGaw, and Penelope Peterson. The Encyclopedia contains over 1,350 articles in 24 sections that stretch from educational philosophies and technologies to measurement, leadership, and national systems of education. This single volume textbook presents a cohesive view of this increasingly important area ofeconomics Superb contributions from well-regarded economist convey unique and useful perspectives Chapters contain an extensive bibliography and further readings to enable interestedresearchers to extend their knowledge into each speci?c topic