ERIC Number: EJ711038
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Mar
Pages: 5
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-6439
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The Ninth-Grade Bottleneck: An Enrollment Bulge in a Transition Year that Demands Careful Attention and Action
Wheelock, Anne; Miao, Jing
School Administrator, v62 n3 p36 Mar 2005
Across the country, official reports of high school students out of school do not always reflect the scope and extent of an urgent but neglected national education problem: The nation's graduation rate is in steady decline. An increasing percentage of adolescents are not graduating from school in four or even five years. A related cause for concern is the increase of students who are stuck in the 9th-grade bottleneck and fail to progress into 10th grade on time. Reducing the 9th-grade bulge and improving graduation rates requires educational leaders first to make problems visible, then take steps to support on-time progress of the most vulnerable students through the education pipeline. This article offers and discusses suggestions for reducing the 9th-grade bulge.
Descriptors: Grade 9, Graduation Rate, High School Students, Educational Policy, School Holding Power, Federal Legislation, Problems, Enrollment Trends, Student Promotion, Grade Repetition
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Grade 9
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Language: English
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