Contrasting Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Early School Leaver Rates in Canada

Autor/inn/en	Timmons, Vianne; Ostridge, Randy
Titel	Contrasting Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Early School Leaver Rates in Canada
Quelle	In: McGill Journal of Education, 44 (2009) 2, S.287-298 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0024-9033
Schlagwörter	Educational Planning; Dropouts; Data Analysis; Boards of Education; Computation; Comparative Analysis; Longitudinal Studies; Dropout Research; Foreign Countries; Research Methodology; Research Problems; Definitions; Secondary School Students; Educational Policy; Withdrawal (Education); Canada; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsplanung; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Auswertung; Ausschuss; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Ausland; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Forschungskritik; Begriffsbestimmung; Sekundarschüler; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Kursabbruch; Kanada; USA
Abstract	Data analysis is critical to educational planning. Determining the number of school leavers is crucial for a school board when planning for interventions and supports. In researching the number of early school leavers in the province of Prince Edward Island, the method in which the data were reported affected the rates. Two critical considerations should be looked at when reporting or analyzing school leaver rates: the definition of a school leaver, and whether the data collected are cross-sectional or longitudinal. This paper explores these two elements. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10