What we know about dropouts:
- Dropping out is more of a process than an event -- a process that, for students, begins in early elementary school.
- Poor academic achievement as early as elementary school is one of the strongest predictors of dropping out.
- Preschool improves school readiness and early school success, positively affecting student outcomes, including high school completion.
- Grades are more consistent than test scores in predicting which students will leave school without graduating.
- Several behaviors both in and out of school -- including absenteeism, delinquency and substance abuse -- are strong indicators of dropping out.
- A stable home environment and access to social and financial resources strongly influence the likelihood that a student will graduate.
Texas Dropout Prevention and Recovery Initiatives
Policy
Compensatory education allotment Texas Education Code
(TEC) §42.152
Department of State Initiatives