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Dropout in upper secondary education Nordisk statistiktræf om uddannelse June 22, 2010 Definitions of dropout How is dropout defined?

• Enrolment rates • Comparison between two consecutive years • True cohort, followed through time • Graduation rates • Educational attainment Students who have completed ISCED 3 vs. students who have completed some education at ISCED 3 but not the level Completion of the programme of study but have not graduated (e.g.
failed final exam) 09/05/2011 Enrolment rates • Enrolment rates show the proportion of an age group that is in education.

• Do not show if the same individuals are attending year by year, but give an indication of the trends and show the proportion of a particular age group attending school.

• Could be called drop-in students.


09/05/2011 Example of enrolment rates in upper secondary education in Iceland 1999-2009 09/05/2011 19992000200120022003200420052006200720082009 16 years8990909192939493939395 17 years7678818283838485838590 18 years6868727375757375777581 19 years6364667070706969707174 20 years4749515656565352515261 Comparison between two consecutive years • Students in year “n” that are not attending school in year “n+1” and have not graduated in the meantime.
• Statistics Iceland and the Ministry of Education and Culture agreed on this definition in 2002.

• Results: 15.0% dropout in day school and 19.3% for all students 2002-3.

16.4% in day school 2004-5.

09/05/2011 Comparison 2002-2003 09/05/2011 01020304050607080%MalesFemalesGeneral progr.SexType of programmeVocational progr.

Full-time study Part-time study Amount of studyMode of teachingDay coursesDistance learningEvening coursesExt.

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True cohort • A group or a cohort of students is followed for a number of years.

• The graduations are checked after a specific number of years, such as 5 or 10 years.

• Those who have not graduated within this time are considered as dropouts.

• Some of the so-called dropouts may still be in school.

09/05/2011 True cohort results in Iceland • Icelandic surveys on the 1969 and 1975 cohorts.

57.2% of the 1975 cohort had completed some upper secondary education at the age of 24.
• Statistics Iceland followed the 1982 cohort.

62.1% had completed some education at ISCED 3 and 58.3% had completed the ISCED 3 level at the age of 24.

• Similar study on hearing impaired young people in 2010 found 69.2% had completed some education at ISCED 3 and 64.6% had completed the level.

• OECD/Norwegian data used a 5 year timeframe.

Icelandic data showed 49% of the 1982 cohort had completed ISCED 3.
09/05/2011 1982 cohort – status at age of 24 Graduates 62,1% No studies after compulsory education 5,1% Studied without graduating 32,8% 09/05/2011 Graduation data The proportion of a reference population that has graduated from ISCED 3.

• Gross graduation rate, computed with regard to a specific reference age.

• Net graduation rate, sum of age specific rates.

• First time graduates at ISCED 3, no double counting.

89% for Iceland for 2008 (net rate).

• Completion rates.
• Completion rates.

Proportion of new entrants who successfully graduate “n” years later.

Some countries use true cohorts.

09/05/2011 Upper secondary graduation rates in OECD countries Chart A2.1.
Upper secondary graduation rates (1995, 2007) The chart shows the estimated percentage of an age cohort that will complete upper secondary education for the first time in 1995 and in 2007 (based on current patterns of graduation); it gives an indication of how many young adults complete upper secondary education compared to a decade earlier.
2007 1995 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Note: 1995 graduation rates are calculated on a gross basis whereas 2007 are calculated as net graduation rates (for countries with available data).

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Year of reference 2006.

Countries are ranked in descending order of the upper secondary graduation rates in 2007.

Source: OECD.

Table A2.2.

See Annex 3 for notes (www.oecd.org/edu/eag2009).

09/05/2011 Educational attainment Shows the share of the population who has completed a level of education.
From the LFS.

• 64% of 25-64 years old in Iceland had completed at least upper secondary education in 2008.

• 69% of 25-34 years old had at least completed ISCED 3.

09/05/2011 ISCED 3 educational attainment Chart A1.2.
Population that has attained at least upper secondary education (2007) Percentage, by age group 55-64 year-old 25-34 year-old % 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 1.
Year of reference 2002 2.

Year of reference 2004 Countries are ranked in descending order of the percentage of the 25-to-34 year-olds who have attained at least upper secondary education.

Source: OECD.

Table A1.2a.

See Annex 3 for notes (www.oecd.org/edu/eag2009).

Statlink 09/05/2011 OECD work • Norway’s initiative, 11 countries responded with data in the first round.

• Lack of internationally comparable data on dropout at the upper secondary level.
• Data in the survey not fully comparable, but work is underway to define the variables wanted.

• Birth vs. entry cohort, entry to ISCED 2 or 3, duration after theoretical end of ISCED 3.
09/05/2011 Completion rates in upper secondary education Norwegian survey - OECD 90 88 84 83 78 72 70 69 68 65 64 49 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Israel USA Netherlands France Finland Estonia New Zealand Norway Sweden Denmark Italy Iceland 09/05/2011 More dropout in vocational education 100 91 88 88 87 71 71 83 82 80 79 78 55 54 58 54 70 65 60 24 80 60 40 20 0 France USA Finland Netherlands Norway Denmark Estonia Italy Sweden New Zealand Iceland General programs Vocational programs 09/05/2011 New Nordic report on dropout in upper secondary education Frafall i utdanning for 16–20 åringer i Norden • Dropout, throughput and achievement of competence in the Nordic countries.
• 60-80% complete – mass completion has not yet been realized.

• Different definitions between the Nordic countries.

Need for comparable research.

• The social background of pupils and progress in compulsory school has significance.

09/05/2011 What is the dropout rate?

How do we answer when the politicians and the Ministry of Educations asks us about the dropout rate in upper secondary education?
• 15.1% (all students 2002-3) • 16.4% (day school students 2004-5) • 37.9% (those who had not completed anything at the age of 24) • 41.7% (those who had not completed ISCED 3 at the age of 24) • 51.0% (had not completed ISCED 3 after 5 years of study) • 10.7% (graduation rate in 2008 89.3%) • 31.0% (25-34 year olds who have not completed ISCED in educational attainment data) 09/05/2011