Contents
| Tables and Figures | ix | |
| Acknowledgments | xiii | |
| Introduction and Overview | xv | |
| CHAPTER 1 | The Policy Context: A Profile of the High School Dropout Problem | 1 |
| CHAPTER 2 | School Dropouts: A Literature Review | 25 |
| CHAPTER 3 | Examining the Relationship Between School Experiences and School Dropout: The Fall River Study | 41 |
| CHAPTER 4 | What Do the School Careers of Dropouts and Graduates Look Like? | 61 |
| CHAPTER 5 | School Transitions and School Dropout: A Model for Investigating the Impact of School Transitions | 85 |
| CHAPTER 6 | Grade Retention and School Dropout: Investigating the Association | 103 |
| CHAPTER 7 | The Two Dropout Problems: A Framework for Dropout Prevention Policy | 129 |
| CHAPTER 8 | Policy and Research Implications | 145 |
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Publication information:
Book title: The Path to Dropping Out:Evidence for Intervention.
Contributors: Melissa Roderick - Author.
Publisher: Auburn House.
Place of publication: Westport, CT.
Publication year: 1993.
Page number: vii.
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