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dc.contributor.advisorMacGregor, Cynthia J. (Cynthia Jane), 1962-eng
dc.contributor.authorHoven, Nathaneng
dc.date.issued2013eng
dc.date.submitted2013 Springeng
dc.description.abstractMany researchers have identified the myriad of concerns that frequently affect people who drop out of school prior to high school graduation. These include increased risks of lower income, need for welfare support, unemployment, and criminal activity (Alexander, Entwisle, & Horsey, 1997; Christenson & Thurlow, 2004; Gleason & Dynarski, 2002; Suh, Suh, & Houston, 2007). School leaders have a keen interest in helping all students successfully complete school, thereby reducing the risk of these issues occurring later in life. In an effort to help students avoid these potential risks, school leaders have tried to identify students at risk of dropping out of school so they can intervene and help the students persist to graduation. Researchers have documented the ineffectiveness of high school intervention efforts (Bowers, 2010) as well as the greater effectiveness of earlier interventions (Entwisle & Alexander, 1993; Suh et al., 2007). As a result, there has been more emphasis placed on identifying potential dropouts earlier in their educational careers. This study has attempted to develop a practical dropout prediction model based on elementary data. The study examined 222 students who entered high school together, then collected data from when those same students were in elementary school. The resulting models did not have high levels of predictive accuracy, but they did provide some useful results for identifying the students most severely at risk of dropping out. In addition, the study has provided some useful knowledge to aid in further research on identification and intervention efforts.eng
dc.format.extentx, 114 pageseng
dc.identifier.oclc863058317eng
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10355/37782
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.32469/10355/37782eng
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertationseng
dc.rightsOpenAccess.eng
dc.rights.licenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.
dc.sourceSubmitted by the University of Missouri--Columbia Graduate School.eng
dc.subjecthigh school dropouteng
dc.subjectdropout indicatorseng
dc.subjectintervention effortseng
dc.titleDevelopment of a practical model for school leaders using elementary student data to predict high school dropout riskeng
dc.typeThesiseng
thesis.degree.disciplineEducational leadership and policy analysis (MU)eng
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
thesis.degree.levelDoctoraleng
thesis.degree.nameEd. D.eng


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