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ERIC Number: EJ332413
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1986
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Who Drops Out of High School and Why? Findings from a National Study.
Ekstrom, Ruth B.; And Others
Teachers College Record, v87 n3 p356-73 Spr 1986
Using data from High School and Beyond, a national longitudinal study of American high school students, the authors investigated who drops out, why one student drops out but not another, what dropouts do while peers remain in school, and what impact dropping out has on gains in tested achievement. (MT)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Cohort Analysis, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, High Schools, Out of School Youth
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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IES Cited: ED502502