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Download full textCurtis, Jonathan; And Others – 1983
Secondary school students who drop out of school are put at great social and economic disadvantage. If potential dropouts can be identified early, prevention may be possible. To construct a prediction model which, through readily available school information, will aid in the identification of students likely to drop out, schools in the Austin,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research
Purl, Mabel C.; Curtis, Jonathan – 1970
The relationship of the Progressive Matrices Test (PM) to the Lorge-Thorndike Intelligence Test (LTIQ) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) is examined. Predictive power of these measures with respect to a number of achievement measures was also investigated. The initial sample consisted of 242 first graders and 281 second…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Correlation
