Dropout Rates in the United States: 1995

July 1997

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Table of Contents

• Foreword
  
• Acknowledgments
  
• Executive Summary
• Introduction

• Event, Status, and Cohort Dropout Rates
  Types of Dropout Rates
  Event Dropout Rates
  Race-Ethnicity
  Income
  Age
  Status Dropout Rates
  Race-Ethnicity
  Income
  Geographic Region
  Cohort Dropout Rates

• High School Completion Rates
  Completion Rates By State

• Immigration, Participation in U.S. Schools, and High School Dropout Rates
  Immigration
  Educational Attainment, Participation in U.S. Schools, and Dropout Rates
  Language Usage and Hispanic Dropout Rates
  English Speaking Ability
  Participation in English as a Second Language Instruction
  Educational Attainment Levels of Hispanic Young Adults
  Summary

• Grade Retention
  Retention Rates Over Time
  Status Dropout Rates
  Background Characteristics
  Timing of Retention
  Summary

• Dropping Out and Disabilities
  Disability Type
  Disability and Individual Characteristics
  Summary

• Appendices
  • A. Standard Error and Time Series Tables
    
  • B. Technical Notes
  • C. Supplemental Tables

• List of Tables

• List of Figures

  
  

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