Subject: Modeling the school dropout phenomenon

Posted by Richard Turnock on 12/18/2009
In Reply To:Modeling the school dropout phenomenon Posted by Philip Abode on 12/18/2009

Message:

Looking at the annual report for a local suburban school district with three high schools each with 1000+ students, they don’t call it a problem because the dropout rate is under 4% just like it has always been.

First you have to define the problem. For example, are you measuring the annual dropout rate or the cumulative dropout rate from 8th grade through 12? If a percentage of the dropouts go to a community college and get a GED, how does that fit into your definition of the problem?

Richard

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Modeling the school dropout phenomenon - Steve Crowley 12/18/2009