Dropouts Immediately Pursuing a GED[R] Credential: Their Institutions' Characteristics, Self-Reported Reasons for Dropping out, and Presence of High-Stakes Exit Exams. GED Testing Service Research Studies, 2006-1

Autor/inn/en	George-Ezzelle, Carol E.; Zhang, Wenmin; Douglas, Karen
Institution	American Council on Education, GED Testing Service
Titel	Dropouts Immediately Pursuing a GED[R] Credential: Their Institutions' Characteristics, Self-Reported Reasons for Dropping out, and Presence of High-Stakes Exit Exams. GED Testing Service Research Studies, 2006-1
Quelle	(2006), (32 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	High School Students; Dropouts; At Risk Students; Exit Examinations; High School Equivalency Programs; Dropout Characteristics; Institutional Characteristics; Correlation; High Stakes Tests; State Standards; Intervention; Geographic Location; School Size; Teacher Student Ratio; Low Income Groups; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Racial Differences; Educational Attainment; Attendance Patterns; Student Attitudes; Student Motivation; Study Habits; Social Life; Grades (Scholastic); Interpersonal Relationship; Delinquency; Social Influences; General Educational Development Tests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Final examination; Abschlussprüfung; Korrelation; Lehrer-Schüler-Relation; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rassenunterschied; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Schülerverhalten; Schulische Motivation; Study behavior; Study behaviour; Studienverhalten; Soziales Leben; Notenspiegel; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Kriminalität; Sozialer Einfluss
Abstract	The research topics addressed in this study include the following: (1) reasons dropouts who immediately pursued a General Educational Development (GED) did not complete high school; (2) characteristics of the schools those GED examinees last attended; (3) differences in the reasons for not completing school by school characteristics; and (4) relationship between states with and without high-stakes exit exams (HSEEs) and reasons for dropping out. By identifying variability in reasons for dropping out across institutional and state characteristics, this study serves to introduce new information that may contribute to shaping educational interventions for at-risk students by providing information useful in identifying and serving at-risk communities and thereby encouraging students to complete high school. (Contains 10 tables.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10