Overview
Middle school and early high school dropouts have long troubled educators. However, research on this sad phenomenon has been far less than definitive as to the causes. In this research-based book, Roderick examines two critical factors impacting graduation or dropping out. They are school transition to middle school and from there to high school and, secondly, grade retention. The subjects of the study were students from an urban Massachusetts public school system. The author contends the notion that middle and high school dropouts can be predicted based on their grades and attendance in 4th grade. She also provides the strongest evidence to date that the experience of being retained in grade increases a student's chances of dropping out. This book gives us a new conception of the nature of school dropout in schools with high dropout rates.
Full Product Details
Author: Melissa Roderick
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 16.00cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 23.00cm
Weight: 0.503kg
ISBN: 9780865692060
ISBN 10: 0865692068
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 30 June 1993
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
?Roderick provides new insight and a conceptual foundation for understanding the dropout problem, and her work may well prove to be the most seminal of the last decade. Recommended for pre-professionals, graduate students, and faculty.?-Choice Roderick provides new insight and a conceptual foundation for understanding the dropout problem, and her work may well prove to be the most seminal of the last decade. Recommended for pre-professionals, graduate students, and faculty. -Choice
?Roderick provides new insight and a conceptual foundation for understanding the dropout problem, and her work may well prove to be the most seminal of the last decade. Recommended for pre-professionals, graduate students, and faculty.?-Choice
Author Information
MELISSA RODERICK is an Assistant Professor at the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago where she teaches courses in social policy, program evaluation, and quantitative analysis. She is interested in the social and academic development of adolescents and the determinants of successful transitions to work and adulthood. Her research focuses on the influence of school organization, policies, and practices on student outcomes, and issues in urban education and youth policy. She is currently studying curriculum tracking in high schools.
