Search Results - subject:"high school dropout"

Beyond early warning indicators : high school dropout and machine learning

Sansone, Dario - 2017

This paper provides an algorithm to predict which students are going to drop out of high schools relying only on information from 9th grade. It verifies that using a parsimonious early warning system - as implemented in many schools - leads to poor results. It shows that schools can obtain more...

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How educational choices respond to large labor market shocks : evidence from a natural experiment

Saad, Ayhab F.; Fallah, Belal - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 66 (2020)

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Connecting high school dropouts to employment and education: An impact study of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program

Millenky, Megan - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 5 (2016) 10, pp. 1-17

This paper presents findings from the multi-year, random assignment study of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program (NGYCP), an intensive residential program for high school dropouts. The "second chance" program gives youth an opportunity to earn a high school credential and prepare to enter...

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Connecting high school dropouts to employment and education : an impact study of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program

Millenky, Megan - In: IZA journal of labor policy 5 (2016) 10, pp. 1-17

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The effects of increasing the standards of the high school curriculum on school dropout

Görlitz, Katja; Gravert, Christina - 2015

school dropout. The reform increased the standards of the curriculum by reducing the freedom of choice in course selection … school dropout rates have increased for males and females alike. However, the effect for males vanishes two years after …This paper evaluates the effects of a high school curriculum reform that was introduced in one German state on high …

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