High School Completion in Context: Student- and School-Level Factors Related to On-Time Graduation

Autor/in	Uretsky, Mathew C.
Titel	High School Completion in Context: Student- and School-Level Factors Related to On-Time Graduation
Quelle	In: Teachers College Record, 121 (2019) 10, (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-4681
Schlagwörter	Academic Persistence; High School Students; Longitudinal Studies; Student Characteristics; Institutional Characteristics; At Risk Students; Educational Environment; Outcomes of Education; Graduation Rate; Dropout Rate; Late Adolescents; Maryland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Halbstarker
Abstract	Background/Context: There is an expansive body of research concerning high school graduation; however, most studies omit students who persist through four years of high school without earning a diploma. In addition, there is scant research exploring longer term outcomes among students whose academic trajectories do not fit within the traditional four-year model of high school graduation, including eventual graduation, postsecondary enrollment, or engagement in the workforce. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study: The current study addresses the substantive gaps in research regarding high school noncompletion by examining the college and workforce outcomes of persisters--defined here as students who do not formally withdraw from high school, nor earn a regular diploma, four years after entering high school as a first-time ninth grader. Research Design: The present study accessed five years of linked, longitudinal, student-level administrative data from the Maryland Longitudinal Data System. Multilevel models assessed the relationship between student- and school-level factors with the odds of students earning a high school diploma four years after beginning their freshman year. Independent variables included student-level demographic and academic indicators and school-level concentrations of student characteristics. Conclusions/Recommendations: This study offers a first look into the academic and employment trajectories of an understudied and high-risk group of young adults. The multilevel examination of student- and school-level factors indicated that on-time graduation for four-year persisters should be understood as a function of students within their academic environment. Overall, persisters had less favorable college and workforce outcomes when compared with students who earned a high school diploma, suggesting the need for interventions that promote college and workforce readiness across the population of persisters. The findings presented herein suggest that the phenomenon of persisting should be considered, along with dropout, as a critical element of a more informed analysis of high school graduation. Implications for research, policy, and practice are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01