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The Promise of Persistence: Expanding the Evidence on High School Completion
Fri, April 22, 4:15 to 5:45pm PDT (4:15 to 5:45pm PDT), Division Virtual Rooms, Division H - Section 1: Applied Research in Schools Virtual Paper Session RoomSession Type: Symposium
Abstract
Persisters or persisting students are those who do not complete high school in four years--rather, they persist into and through four, five, or six years of school before earning a diploma, leaving to seek an alternative credential, or eventually dropping out. The papers in this symposium describe persisting students in various contexts, take stock of the schools they attend, and assess their outcomes—especially in relation to their classmates who graduate on time or permanently drop out. In doing so, this session seeks to improve our understanding of this vulnerable group of students, and help researchers and educators promote more favorable outcomes for them—in high school and beyond.
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Persisting Students in Different Spaces: A Comparative Analysis - Zitsi Mirakhur, University of Kentucky; Elc Estrera, Wake County Public School System
Examining the Importance of School Factors for Persisting Students - Zitsi Mirakhur, University of Kentucky; Kathryn Hill, Research Alliance for New York City Schools; Edgar Rivera-Cash, Research Alliance for New York City Schools
Pushing Out Persisting Students? A Study of Transfer Patterns Into Alternative Schools - Hyuny Clark-Shim, Portland State University; Mathew C Uretsky, Portland State University
Proximal Secondary, Postsecondary, and Early Labor Market Pathways of High School Persisters and Dropouts - Mathew C Uretsky, Portland State University; Angela K. Henneberger, University of Maryland - Baltimore