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June 24, 2008
For immediate release
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School release the latest report for the California Dropout Research Project about students who fail the high school exit exam yet remain in school
A team of researchers at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has published a paper titled “Struggling to Succeed: What Happened to Seniors Who Did Not Pass the California High School Exit Exam?” The latest report to be released as part of the California Dropout Research Project (CDRP), it examines the experiences of a random sample of the more than 70,000 high school seniors who did not pass the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) in 2007 but still chose to remain in school rather than abandon their education.
Highlights from the report include:
- These “persistent strugglers” were disproportionately Latino students from low socioeconomic backgrounds; 79% of the participants were classified as English Language Learners – a much higher percentage than in their respective high schools.
- Almost 50 percent of the sampled students passed the CAHSEE by the end of their senior year.
- Among those non-graduates who did not pass the CAHSEE, 31 percent still went on to community college while another 33 percent continued working to pass the CAHSEE and earned their high school diploma or equivalent.
- The inability to pass CAHSEE and graduate within normal time limits should not brand students as educational “failures.”
- Schools and the state have the responsibility to prepare students for the CAHSEE and should provide early intervention and support for those who struggle with academics at an early age.
The Gevirtz School team working on this research was Shane Jimerson, Michael Furlong, Jill Sharkey, Erika Felix, Mary Skokut, and James Earhart. The California Dropout Research Project is led by Gevirtz School Professor Russell Rumberger.
You can view the report at the CDRP website.
[Members of this research team are available for interviews; contact George Yatchisin at 805 893 5789]
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