Student Retention and the Omaha Public Schools [microform] : Performance and Challenge / Bernard Kolasa
- Bib ID:
- 5530645
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Kolasa, Bernard
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1989
- 8 p.
- Summary:
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This study examines patterns of student attrition and retention in the Omaha (Nebraska) Public Schools (OPS). The following dropout characteristics were studied: (1) low socioeconomic status (SES); (2) minority group membership; (3) low achievement test scores; (4) low academic grades; (5) enrollment in a nonacademic (vocational or general) high school program; and (6) problem behaviors, including delinquency and truancy. The following findings are presented: (1) minority group students comprise 32.8 percent of the student population; (2) minority group student attendance rates at traditional schools are markedly higher than at Individualized Study Centers (ISCs), which serve students with behavior problems; (2) parental influence, lack of interest, and poor attendance (in that order) were cited by dropouts as reasons for leaving school; (3) suspension rates for Black and Hispanic American OPS students were higher than national averages; and (4) minority group high school students, with the exception of Asian Americans, demonstrate significantly higher attrition rates than White students. Statistical data are presented in five tables. A list of eight references is appended. (FMW)
- Notes:
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- Sponsoring Agency: Nebraska Univ., Omaha. Center for Applied Urban Research.
- ERIC Note: Paper prepared for the Omaha Minority Conditions and Research Conference (Omaha, NE, May 19-20, 1989).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
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