To address the dropout crisis requires a better understanding of why students drop out.
Although dropouts themselves report a variety of reasons for leaving school, these reasons …

The aim of this investigation is to provide a comprehensive review of dropout research that
examines grade retention within both associative and predictive models. A systematic …

Grading refers to the symbols assigned to individual pieces of student work or to composite
measures of student performance on report cards. This review of over 100 years of research …

The central message of this report is that while some students drop out because of
significant academic challenges, most dropouts are students who could have, and believe …

This article considers the practical, conceptual, and empirical foundations of an early
identification and intervention system for middle-grades schools to combat student …

Prior studies report a variety of demographic, school, individual, and family characteristics
that are related to high school drop out. This study utilizes data from a 19-year prospective …

Educational sociologists have paid relatively little attention to children in middle childhood
(ages 6 to 12), whereas developmental psychologists have emphasized factors internal to …

Because dropping out is influenced by both individual and institutional factors, intervention
strategies can focus on either or both sets of factors. That is, intervention strategies can focus …

This longitudinal study assessed the prediction of school dropout from measures of
antisocial behavior, social preference, and achievement. The sample was assessed at 8th …

This study was designed to investigate changes in personal attributes of high-school
dropout students between 8th grade and 12th grade. Students who participated in 3 waves …