Dropout Rates in the United States: 1996

December 1997

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Press Release

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Executive Summary
• List of Tables
• List of Figures

• Introduction
  • Addressing the Problem
  • GED as an Alternative

• Event, Status, and Cohort Dropout Rates
  Types of Dropout Rates
  Event Dropout Rates

  • Race-Ethnicity
  • Income
  • Age
  • State Dropout Rates
  Status Dropout Rates

  • Race-Ethnicity
  • Hispanic Dropout Rates
  • Income
  • Geographic Region
  Cohort Dropout Rates

• High School Completion Rates
  Completion Rates

  Race-Ethnicity

  Income and Regions

  Completion Rates by State Within Regions
  Methods of Completion

  Race-Ethnicity

  Region
  
• Conclusions

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

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