Table 27-1. Percentage of high school sophomores in spring 1980, 1990, and 2002 who had left school without completing a 4-year program as of spring 2 years later
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Percent |
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| Spring 1980 sophomores who had left without completing a 4-year program as of spring 1982 |
13.6 |
| Spring 1990 sophomores who had left without completing a 4-year program as of spring 1992 |
10.1 |
| Spring 2002 sophomores who had left without completing a 4-year program as of spring 2004 |
7.8 |
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NOTE: This indicator shows the percentage of high school students in the spring of their sophomore year who, in the spring 2 years later, were not in school and had not graduated with a regular diploma or certificate of attendance. The 1 percent of sophomores who left school and earned a General Educational Development (GED) certificate or other form of equivalency certificate as of the spring 2 years later are counted as having left school without a regular diploma or certificate of attendance.
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002/04), “First Follow-up, Student Survey, 2004”; National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88), “Base Year through Third Follow-up, 1994”; and High School and Beyond Longitudinal Study of 1980 Sophomores (HS&B-So:80/82), “Base Year through Second Follow-up, 1982”; previously unpublished tabulations (January 2006).
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