Extracurricular Participation, "At-Risk" Status, and the High School Dropout Decision

Autor/in	Crispin, Laura M.
Titel	Extracurricular Participation, "At-Risk" Status, and the High School Dropout Decision
Quelle	In: Education Finance and Policy, 12 (2017) 2, S.166-196 (31 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1557-3060
DOI	10.1162/EDFP_a_00212
Schlagwörter	High School Students; At Risk Students; Extracurricular Activities; Student Participation; Dropouts; Decision Making; Grade 10; Longitudinal Studies; Outcomes of Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg
Abstract	I estimate the effect of extracurricular participation on the high school dropout decision with a particular focus on at-risk students. Using a sample of tenth grade students from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, I jointly estimate the dropout and participation decisions (including extracurricular offerings per student), and eligibility requirements as instruments for extracurricular participation. I include an interaction between the participation and at-risk indicators in the dropout equation because past disadvantages may differentially affect at-risk students. I also estimate alternative specifications to identify the effect of participation in different types of activities. Local average treatment effect estimates range from 14 to 20 percentage points, indicating that participants are significantly less likely to drop out of high school than they would have been if unable to participate, with similar estimates for both at-risk and not-at-risk students. These findings are relevant to policy makers and administrators seeking to increase high school graduation rates and improve educational outcomes. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01