NCJ Number
121445
Journal
Remedial and Special Education Volume: 10 Issue: 5 Dated: (September/October 1989) Pages: 6-20,50
Date Published
1989
Length
16 pages
Annotation
Literature related to the dropout phenomenon in general education is reviewed to achieve a better understanding of the nature of the dropout problem for students in special education.
Abstract
The consequences of dropping out, definitions of dropouts and calculations of dropout rates, characteristics of general education dropouts and their schools, and intervention programs directed toward general education dropouts are discussed. Literature on special education students who drop out of school is reviewed including: a) overall dropout rates and rates by handicapping conditions, b) characteristics of dropouts who have received special education services, and c) outcomes for school dropouts. Implications for research and service programs that can address the dropout problem in special education are examined. 2 tables, 64 references. (Author abstract modified)