Middle school and early high school dropouts have long troubled
educators. However, research on this sad phenomenon has been far
less than definitive as to the causes. In this research-based book,
Roderick examines two critical factors impacting graduation or
dropping out. They are school transition to middle school and from
there to high school and, secondly, grade retention. The subjects
of the study were students from an urban Massachusetts public
school system. The author contends the notion that middle and high
school dropouts can be predicted based on their grades and
attendance in 4th grade. She also provides the strongest evidence
to date that the experience of being retained in grade increases a
student's chances of dropping out. This book gives us a new
conception of the nature of school dropout in schools with high
dropout rates.
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