Prepared for Dropouts in America: How severe is the problem? What do we know about intervention and prevention? The content or opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Education or any other agency of the U.S. Government. Introduction The beginning of high school is a critical time for students. Research shows that making a successful transition to hig...

I survey the evidence on patterns in U.S. high school graduation rates over the period 1970-2010 and report the results of new research conducted to fill in holes in the evidence. I begin by pointing out the strengths and limitations of existing data sources. I then describe six striking patterns in graduation rates. They include stagnation over the last three decades of the twentieth century, ...

BACKGROUND Efforts to select the appropriate number of implants in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) instrumentation are hampered by a lack of biomechanical studies. The objective was to biomechanically evaluate screw density at different regions in the curve for AIS correction to test the hypothesis that alternative screw patterns do not compromise anticipated correction in AIS when using ...

During the study period of three months, out of 425 patients attending the psychiatric clinic of a general hospital, for the first time, 165 (38.8%) did not complete the treatment as prescribed by the doctors and were considered as dropouts. They were contacted at their homes to find out the reasons of the dropping out, were compared with patients, who completed the treatment fully on socio-dem...

This paper is concerned with stability analysis of a networked control system, wherein communication from the controller to the plant input is through a digital channel subject to packet-dropouts and finite level quantization. No acknowledgments of receipt are available to the controller. To alleviate the effect of packet-dropouts, the controller transmits tentative plant input sequences. Withi...

Developing effective tools to address prime-aged high school dropouts is a key policy question. We leverage quality Norwegian register data examine the labour market outcomes of expanding access adult workers and exploit large reform which greatly enabled education for adults. Our focus on women results show significant increase in investments with strong rise rate college completion, leading h...

Students dropping out of high school is a nationwide problem in the United States, plaguing communities and often greatly reducing prospects quality life for those students who do not complete their education. The state Louisiana consistently has among highest public dropout rates States and, often, highest. This massive dataset variables covering duration five academic years (2014–2015 to 2018...

Dropouts impact clinical trial outcome analyses. Ignoring missing data is not an acceptable option when planning, conducting or interpreting the analysis of a clinical trial. Treatment related efficacy and safety data observed in the trial may not always be sufficient in explaining the dropouts' mechanism. Nevertheless, these dropout data may carry important treatment-related information and pr...

and two anonymous referees for very helpful comments. I am responsible for all errors. ABSTRACT Under the educational sorting hypothesis, an environment in which some individuals are constrained from entering university will be characterized by increased pooling at the high school graduation level, as compared to an environment with greater university access. This results because some potential...

Twenty seven male alcoholics were prospectively studied to find out the characteristics of those who drop out soon after discharge from the hospital. Seven persons, failed to make a single visit over a six-month period, and were termed 'dropouts'.On admission, after detoxification, all 27 patients were individually administered, the following tests:(1) Bhatia's Performance Test of Intelligence(...