Report Statistical Analysis Report

Subsequent Educational Attainment of High School Dropouts

NCES
Author(s):
Jennifer Berktold, Sonya Geis, and Phillip Kaufman (MPR)
Publication date:
June 1998
Survey areas:
PEDAR - Postsecondary Education Descriptive Analysis Reports
NELS:88 - National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988
Publication number:
NCES 98085

Summary

This report looks at 1988 eighth graders who dropped out of high school and examines their subsequent educational and employment experiences as of 1994. The analysis reveals that nearly half of dropouts had completed high school by 1994, either by earning a diploma or by obtaining an alternative credential.

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Postsecondary Education

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