School Dropout Predictors Annotated Bibliography

As part of United Way’s Collective Impact Initiative for Children & Youth, The Larry King Center of the Council for Children’s Rights conducted a comprehensive literature review of factors that influence school dropout and graduation rates. This annotated bibliography is one of three products from this research and presents more than 40 peer-reviewed journal articles that found predictors with a statistically significant relationship to dropping out of or completing high school.
The following information is included for each article that was reviewed:
- Citation
- Description of sample
- Methodology
- Outcome(s)
- Predictors
- Summary, including the strongest predictors
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