The literature was reviewed to determine variables which had been found to be related to students leaving high school early. From the literature review, a model was hypothesized which related student, school and teacher variables to school district dropout rates. This model was tested using Florida school district data. All data was collected at the school district level. / The resulting model was not able to explain a great deal of variance of the dropout rate, although it did lend support to the effect of number of disciplinary actions upon dropout rate, and the indirect effect of guidance counselors upon dropout rate through number of disciplinary actions. / The model implies that teacher experience may be detrimental to achievement in that teachers may experience burnout. Teacher turnover was also found to negatively affect achievement, with turnover being affected by teacher salary. / The resulting model indicated that income negatively affects disciplinary actions, suggesting the need for schools to become more sensitive to students from families with lower income levels. / The model showed that achievement affected number of expulsions differently, with prior achievement having a positive effect and current achievement having a negative effect. The former may be due to the fact that schools generally expel the lower achieving students, resulting in higher achievement. The model also indicates that teacher turnover may increase the occurrence of expulsions. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-12, Section: A, page: 3967. / Major Professor: F. J. King. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1990.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_78335 |
| Contributors | Bolton, David Lee., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 146 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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