Types of Dropout Rates
Event rates:
Event rates describe the proportion of students who leave school each year without completing a high school program. This annual measure of recent dropout occurrences provides important information about how effective educators are in keeping students enrolled in school. Event Rates
Status rates:
Status rates provide a cumulative data on drop outs among all young adults within a specified age range. Status rates are higher than event rates because they include all drop outs, regardless of when they last attended school. Since status rates reveal the extent of the dropout problem in the population, this rate also can be used to estimate the need for further education and training that will help drop outs participate fully in the economy and life of the nation. Status rates
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Cohort rates:
Cohort rates measure what happens to a cohort of students over a period of time. This rate is based on repeated measures of a group of students with shared experiences and reveals how many students starting in a specific grade drop out over time. Cohort rates