Dropout Rates: Current Estimates Are Too High.

Olson, George H.

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ERIC Number: EJ453467

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Publication Date: 1992

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Dropout Rates: Current Estimates Are Too High.

Olson, George H.

Mid-Western Educational Researcher, v5 n3 p22-27 Sum 1992

Dallas school district attempted to determine whereabouts of students who did not return to school in fall. Found a large portion of "no-show" students matriculating elsewhere. Previously, these students would have been classified as dropouts and used to determine the dropout rate. The new accounting procedure reduced the annual dropout rate from 16 percent to 4.3 percent. (KS)

Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Data Collection, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Longitudinal Studies, Measurement, Research Problems, Secondary Education, Student Attrition

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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