high school drop rate

HIGH SCHOOL DROP OUT RATE

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Analysts agree that the rate of high school dropout in the United States has reached catastrophic levels . Credible estimates claim that more than a third of all students that join high school are likely to abandon school before completion . A look at the past decades indicates that this has been a growing trend and is yet to be arrested appropriately . This is a problem that has not been captured in the public glare due to scarcity if data

. This will provide the available statistics on the rate of high school dropouts provide an analysis of the possible causes and remedies

Different publications contain valid rates of dropouts this is because of the existing differences in the definition of a dropout . There are those that graduate after completing the high school syllabus , others that graduate after completing an equivalency test of the same and those that graduate after passing other states based tests . The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES ) compiles its data using either the event rates , status rates or the cohert rates . Events rates refer to the number of students that drop out of school annually while the status rate takes into account the cumulatively dropped out of school as a proportion of the population (National Institute on the Education of At Risks Students 2006

Indicative reports have it that the rate of school dropout from the 1970s to the 1990s...