Holding Power Index; Considerations Associated with Administrators Willingness/Unwillingness to use the Cohort Method to Measure Student Dropout Rates of Nebraska Public High Schools

Author

Richard A. Dierkhising, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Date of Award

11-11-1996

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Education (EdD)

Department

Educational Leadership

First Advisor

Dr. Dan L. Levine

Second Advisor

Dr. Jack A. McKay

Abstract

Public high schools do not consistently use one method to measure student dropout rates. The purpose of this study was to identify differences in the reasons given by principals and district office administrators from various size public high school/districts which describe willingness or unwillingness to adopt the cohort method as the standard measure of student dropout rates.

Recommended Citation

Dierkhising, Richard A., "Holding Power Index; Considerations Associated with Administrators Willingness/Unwillingness to use the Cohort Method to Measure Student Dropout Rates of Nebraska Public High Schools" (1996). Student Work. 3596.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/studentwork/3596