This newsletter contains six articles focusing on dropouts, potential dropouts, dropout rates, and dropout prevention, particularly in Texas and among Hispanics and other minority groups. "Improving Student Performance: Study Identifies Better Approach" (Maria Robledo Montecel, Josie Danini Supik, and Jose A. Cardenas) correlates student performance on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills with student and school characteristics. "The Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program: An Idea That Works" (Josie Danini Supik) describes the program's beginnings in San Antonio, its success in lowering dropout rates, and 10 factors contributing to that success. "Hispanic Dropouts: Report by General Accounting Office Has Problems" (Jose A. Cardenas) criticizes a 1994 GAO study for attributing dropouts to "deficits" of Hispanic students and their families rather than to poor performance by schools. "Attrition Rates Are Going Up: Texas Rates Higher Than National Average" (Roy Johnson) provides 1992-93 public high school attrition rates for Texas counties, by race/ethnicity, and compares them to national data and data from previous years. "Invisible Girls: The Other Half of America's Dropout Problem" (Anna De Luna) examines unique reasons that girls leave school and do not return, and lists successful retention strategies. "Innovative Technology Supports 'Prevention and Recovery of Student Dropouts' Collection" (Felix Montes) describes a secondary library system (SELIS) for organizational collections (in the case discussed, a collection of materials on dropout prevention and recovery). SELIS is a database system that allows user-friendly searches. (SV)