ERIC Number: EJ960682
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 20
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Examining the Multiple Trajectories Associated with Dropping out of High School: A Growth Mixture Model Analysis
Bowers, Alex J.; Sprott, Ryan
Journal of Educational Research, v105 n3 p176-195 2012
Historically, students who fail to graduate from secondary school are considered as a single category of school dropouts. However, emerging literature indicates that there may be multiple subgroups of high school dropouts, termed a "dropout typology". The authors' purpose was to assess the extent to which a typology of dropouts was present in a large national dataset and to estimate the influence of the known covariates of dropping out on each of the subgroups. A growth mixture model was estimated using the Education Longitudinal Study 2002 (National Center for Education Statistics, n.d.) dataset and noncumulative grade point average during the first 3 semesters of high school. The model identified 2 main subgroups associated with dropping out, which accounted for 24.6% of the sample but contained 91.8% of the dropouts. (Contains 4 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Dropouts, Classification, High Schools, Intervention, High School Students, Secondary Education, At Risk Students, High School Graduates, Longitudinal Studies, Learner Engagement, Sample Size, Enrollment, Statistical Analysis, Models, Regression (Statistics), Graduation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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