High School Dropout & Completion Rates

U.S. Trends, 1972-2012

Buch | Hardcover

130 Seiten

2015
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-63483-842-9 (ISBN)

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Dropping out of high school is related to a number of negative outcomes. Among adults age 25 and older, a lower percentage of dropouts are in the labor force than are adults who earned a high school credential. Similarly, among adults in the labor force, a higher percentage of dropouts are unemployed than are adults who earned a high school credential. In addition, dropouts age 25 and older reported being in worse health than adults who are not dropouts, regardless of income. Dropouts also make up disproportionately higher percentages of the nation's institutionalised population. This book builds upon a series of National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reports on high school dropout and completion rates that began in 1988. It presents estimates of rates in 2012, provides data about trends in dropout and completion rates over the last four decades (19722012), and examines the characteristics of high school dropouts and high school completers in 2012. This book also discusses federal policy, programs, and issues related to high school graduation, completion, and dropouts. The discussion covers the provisions enacted in federal law that govern the definition, calculation, and reporting requirements of these critical high school outcomes. The book then looks at historical data as well as the most recent indicators of these outcomes. That analysis is followed by a description of the federal programs designed to help youth who have dropped out, or who are at risk of dropping out, in completing high school or an equivalency certificate program. Finally, the book discusses issues that may arise as Congress considers reauthorising the laws that pertain to this topic.

Preface; Trends in High School Dropout & Completion Rates in the United States: 19722012; High School Graduation, Completion, & Dropouts: Federal Policy, Programs, & Issues; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.12.2015
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Gewicht	332 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Sekundarstufe I+II
ISBN-10	1-63483-842-4 / 1634838424
ISBN-13	978-1-63483-842-9 / 9781634838429
Zustand	Neuware