RESEARCH

Some of the pressing issues related to the dropout crisis are covered here but more reviews of research are needed to make this wiki a truly comprehensive resource. Add what you know below or read an overview we prepared on the dropout problem.

There are many different ways to calculate and document dropout or graduation rates. When you read a report on the dropout problem, always pay attention to how the dropout rates are calculated. Following is a brief review of different measures... Read more

Graduation and dropout rate statistics describing the problem in as many ways as possible including on a state-by-state basis, male versus female, and dropouts by race/ethnicity. Read more

Who graduates? How is this calculated? Why does it matter? Read more

Discussion of key risk factors that characterize potential drop outs. Read more

Overview of a series of studies examining the effectiveness of strategies used by three urban school districts in order to improve instructional quality. Read more

Surveys, interviews and focus groups show that many factors are at work. Read more

Which High Schools Produce the nation’s Dropouts? Where are they Located? Who Attends Them? This is a report produced by Robert Balfanz and Nettie Legters of the Center for Social Organization of Schools at Johns Hopkins University.Read more

This 2004 collaboration among the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University, the Urban Institute, Advocates for Children of New York, and the Civil Society Institute examines racial disparities in the data on high school dropouts. Read more literature overviews on the broad issues surrounding the dropout problem or add one of your own.

Education Could Do More to Help States Better Define Graduation Rates and Improve Knowledge about Intervention Strategies. This report is a follow-up to one issued in 2002 by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in which recommendations were made with regard to approaches that would stop children from dropping out of school. Read more

A diverse network of programs serve many dropouts. Despite these assets, major problems persist. Read more

Overview of a study investigating the relevance of long term risk factors in determining the likelihood of high school dropouts. Read more

What do dropouts, themselves, say about their reasons for dropping out? Civic Enterprises interviewed dropouts to answer this very question. They found that there was no single reason why students drop out of high school and that respondents reported many different reasons... Read more