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ERIC Number: EJ404620
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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The Effects of High School Organization on Dropping Out: An Exploratory Investigation.
Bryk, Anthony S.; Thum, Yeow Meng
American Educational Research Journal, v26 n3 p353-83 Fall 1989
A hierarchical linear model analysis investigated the effects of structural and normative features of schools on absenteeism and the probability of dropping out. Subjects included 4,450 sophomores in 160 Catholic and public high schools from the High School and Beyond 1980 cohort. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Attendance, Dropouts, Enrollment, Grade 10, High School Students, High Schools, Predictor Variables, School Holding Power, School Organization
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Hierarchical Linear Modeling; High School and Beyond (NCES)