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Who Drops Out of High School and Why? Findings from a National Study
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1986
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Educational OutcomesEducational AttainmentHigh SchoolEducationElementary EducationSchool DropoutsStudent RetentionDropout PopulationEducational DisadvantageUniversity Student RetentionPublic HealthSchool FunctioningStatisticsStudent SuccessEducational StatisticsSecondary EducationSociologyDemographyEducation PolicyNational Study
Using the most comprehensive data set on school dropouts that we have to date, the High School and Beyond study, Ruth Ekstrom, Margaret Goertz, Judith Pollack, and Donald Rock provide an analysis of the salient characteristics of the dropout population.