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Patterns and Factors of High School Dropout Risks of Racial and Linguistic Groups
- Source :
- Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR). 20:336-351
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2015.
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Abstract
- This study examined the dropout trajectories of racial and linguistic minority students and explored the effects of students' contextual factors on their high school dropout risks. Our motivation was to identify the dropout patterns of Black, Hispanic, and Hispanic English language learner (ELL) students, who have comparatively high dropout rates, and to suggest ways to promote high school completion. We employed a survival analysis using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97) from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The results showed that the 3 minority groups displayed significantly higher dropout risks than the White group. The overall pattern of dropout risks increased over time, with the dropout rates of the Black students high in the 1st and 2nd years of high school and the highest dropout rates for Hispanic ELL students in their senior year. A gender difference was found among the students, with male students having higher dropout risks than female students. It was also found tha...
- Subjects :
- education
English-language learner
behavioral disciplines and activities
Linguistics
Education
School dropout
health services administration
population characteristics
Racial differences
National Longitudinal Surveys
Psychology
Female students
health care economics and organizations
Dropout (neural networks)
At-risk students
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15327671 and 10824669
- Volume :
- 20
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........d62c4325df79cbc9712ea807745a2610