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ERIC Number: EJ452423
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0195-6744
Transferring High Schools: An Alternative to Dropping Out?
Lee, Valerie E.; Burkam, David T.
American Journal of Education, v100 n4 p420-53 Aug 1992
Investigates a hypothesized continuum of school behavior that presents school transfer as an alternative to dropping out. Data from the High School and Beyond survey base year and first followup are used to compare 792 transfers and 1,543 dropouts and to support such a continuum. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Catholic Schools, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Followup Studies, High School Students, High Schools, Longitudinal Studies, Nontraditional Education, Public Schools, School Holding Power, Student Mobility, Transfer Policy, Transfer Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Continuum Models; High School and Beyond (NCES)