Table B.1. P-Values for Correlation Tests of Demographic Variables
DRt_7_12 DRt_9_12 DRate_7 DRate_8 DRate_T9 DRate_9 DRate_10 DRate_11 DRate_12 Enrollmnt 0.1173 0.0911 -0.0369 0.0961 -0.0052 0.0522 0.0783 0.0303 0.0475
DRt_7_12 DRt_9_12 DRate_7 DRate_8 DRate_T9 DRate_9 DRate_10 DRate_11 DRate_12
Table B.2. P-Values for Correlation Tests of Class Size, Suspension, Attendance, and Grade Size Variables
DRt_7_12 DRt_9_12 DRate_7 DRate_8 DRate_T9 DRate_9 DRate_10 DRate_11 DRate_12 St_Grade 0.2974 0.2316 0.0685 0.15 0.0857 0.1826 0.1822 0.1442 0.1496
DRt_7_12 DRt_9_12 DRate_7 DRate_8 DRate_T9 DRate_9 DRate_10 DRate_11 DRate_12
Table B.3. P-Values for Correlation Tests of Staff Salary and Teacher Education Variables
DRt_7_12 DRt_9_12 DRate_7 DRate_8 DRate_T9 DRate_9 DRate_10 DRate_11 DRate_12 Exp_Stdnt 0.0935 0.1142 0.0415 0.0159 0.0343 0.0985 0.0608 0.0441 0.0817
p-value 0.0009 0.0001 0.3501 0.7072 0.3424 0.0005 0.0322 0.1222 0.0043 Tch_Salry 0.0216 0.0023 0.0027 0.0704 0.0604 0.0009 0.0049 0.015 -0.0207 p-value 0.4446 0.9362 0.952 0.0959 0.0945 0.976 0.8637 0.5994 0.4687 Adm_Salry 0.1143 0.0906 0.011 0.0966 0.0733 0.1397 0.0803 0.0268 0.0765 p-value 0.0001 0.0013 0.8044 0.0221 0.0423 0 0.0047 0.3478 0.0074 Stf_Salry 0.1151 0.0818 0.1048 0.1839 0.1146 0.1179 0.0817 0.0749 0.0382
p-value 0 0.0038 0.018 0 0.0015 0 0.004 0.0086 0.1816
Tchr_Less 0.0686 0.0624 -0.0077 0.0854 0.0396 0.0328 0.049 0.052 0.0274 p-value 0.0153 0.0275 0.8615 0.0431 0.2725 0.2479 0.0843 0.0683 0.3379 Tchr_Bchl -0.0768 -0.0715 0.0478 0.0531 -0.0553 -0.0483 -0.0358 -0.0185 -0.0255 p-value 0.0066 0.0115 0.2814 0.2089 0.1256 0.0885 0.2081 0.5173 0.3725 Tchr_Mstr -0.0043 -0.0198 -0.0501 -0.0189 0.1016 -0.0324 -0.0357 -0.0193 -0.0004 p-value 0.8794 0.4848 0.2589 0.6552 0.0048 0.2531 0.2093 0.4997 0.9875 Tchr_EdSp -0.027 -0.0246 -0.0385 -0.0391 -0.051 -0.0276 -0.0434 -0.0314 -0.0093 p-value 0.3409 0.3851 0.3858 0.3554 0.1583 0.3307 0.1268 0.2712 0.7452 Tchr_Doct 0.0255 0.0131 -0.0209 0.0031 0.128 0.0554 0.0153 0.0125 -0.0151 p-value 0.3674 0.6446 0.6371 0.9408 0.0004 0.0507 0.5904 0.6604 0.598 Tchr_Expr -0.2117 -0.1997 -0.1571 -0.125 0.0511 -0.1778 -0.1476 -0.1265 -0.1112
p-value 0 0 0.0004 0.003 0.1569 0 0 0 0.0001
Pct_Tchrs -0.0653 -0.0754 -0.0036 0.041 0.034 -0.0609 -0.0559 -0.0266 -0.0252 p-value 0.0209 0.0077 0.9357 0.3318 0.3465 0.0317 0.0493 0.3515 0.3793 DRt_7_12 DRt_9_12 DRate_7 DRate_8 DRate_T9 DRate_9 DRate_10 DRate_11 DRate_12
Table B.4. P-Values for Correlation Tests of Administrator and Staff Education Variables
DRt_7_12 DRt_9_12 DRate_7 DRate_8 DRate_T9 DRate_9 DRate_10 DRate_11 DRate_12 Admn_Less -0.1172 -0.1108 -0.0739 -0.0207 -0.0055 -0.0516 -0.0891 -0.0949 -0.0312
DRt_7_12 DRt_9_12 DRate_7 DRate_8 DRate_T9 DRate_9 DRate_10 DRate_11 DRate_12
Table B.5. P-Values for Correlation Tests of Retention, Truancy, Percentage T9, and Average ACT Score Variables
DRt_7_12 DRt_9_12 DRate_7 DRate_8 DRate_T9 DRate_9 DRate_10 DRate_11 DRate_12 Rtn_Rat7 0.1139 0.1209 0.0512 0.0383 -0.0149 0.1212 0.0814 0.0848 0.0039
DRt_7_12 DRt_9_12 DRate_7 DRate_8 DRate_T9 DRate_9 DRate_10 DRate_11 DRate_12
Table B.6. P-Values for Correlation Tests of Starting Grade Variables
DRt_7_12 DRt_9_12 DRate_7 DRate_8 DRate_T9 DRate_9 DRate_10 DRate_11 DRate_12 Elmnt_Mid 0.1668 0.1439 0.0337 0.1122 0.0441 0.1216 0.0867 0.095 0.0736
DRt_7_12 DRt_9_12 DRate_7 DRate_8 DRate_T9 DRate_9 DRate_10 DRate_11 DRate_12
Table B.7. P-Values for Correlation Tests of Demographics and Key Predictive Variables Pct_Female Pct_Male Pct_AmInd Pct_Asian Pct_Black
Pct_LEP -0.0877 0.0877 -0.0384 0.2548 0.0935
p-value 0.0005 0.0005 0.1275 0 0.0002
PctAtRisk -0.1806 0.1806 -0.0139 -0.233 0.7348
p-value 0 0 0.58 0 0
CS1_20 -0.0809 0.0809 0.0723 -0.2227 -0.1309
p-value 0.0013 0.0013 0.0041 0 0
CS21_26 0.0515 -0.0515 -0.0079 0.0756 -0.0054 p-value 0.0408 0.0407 0.7542 0.0026 0.8291 CS27_33 0.0776 -0.0776 -0.0867 0.2215 0.1264
p-value 0.002 0.002 0.0006 0 0
CS34 0.0166 -0.0166 -0.0571 0.1656 0.2082
p-value 0.5095 0.5104 0.0234 0 0
IS_Susp -0.1154 0.1155 -0.0792 -0.0528 0.2599
p-value 0 0 0.0016 0.0358 0
OS_Susp -0.0808 0.0807 -0.0172 -0.1185 0.3272
p-value 0.0013 0.0013 0.4945 0 0
Att_Rate 0.2114 -0.2114 0.0192 0.1934 -0.3106
p-value 0 0 0.4469 0 0
Tru_Rate -0.0923 0.0921 -0.0007 -0.1522 0.1064
p-value 0.0015 0.0015 0.9817 0 0.0002
Exp_Stdnt -0.1414 0.1414 -0.0275 -0.0238 0.2201
p-value 0 0 0.3305 0.4002 0
Pct_Female Pct_Male Pct_AmInd Pct_Asian Pct_Black
Table B.8. P-Values for Correlation Tests of Demographics and Key Predictive Variables Pct_Hispanic Pct_HawPI Pct_White Pct_Mult PctMinrty PctAtRisk Pct_LEP Pct_LEP 0.8493 0.119 -0.2666 -0.0127 0.2666 0.2074
p-value 0 0 0 0.6155 0 0
PctAtRisk -0.0118 -0.1403 -0.714 -0.1654 0.714
p-value 0.6395 0 0 0 0
CS1_20 -0.2759 0.0239 0.1897 0.0338 -0.1897
p-value 0 0.3427 0 0.1801 0
CS21_26 0.0738 -0.0965 -0.0142 0.0305 0.0142
p-value 0.0033 0.0001 0.574 0.2262 0.574
CS27_33 0.2776 0.0303 -0.1826 -0.0493 0.1826
p-value 0 0.2294 0 0.0504 0
CS34 0.2392 0.0508 -0.2572 -0.0788 0.2572
p-value 0 0.0437 0 0.0017 0
IS_Susp 0.1253 -0.0446 -0.2675 -0.0565 0.2675
p-value 0 0.0767 0 0.0248 0
OS_Susp -0.0095 -0.0512 -0.3153 -0.0579 0.3153
p-value 0.7067 0.0421 0 0.0214 0
Att_Rate -0.087 0.0432 0.3078 0.0829 -0.3078 -0.4676 -0.2371
p-value 0.0005 0.0859 0 0.001 0 0 0
Tru_Rate 0.1131 0.0165 -0.1177 0.0408 0.1177 0.2896 0.1597
p-value 0.0001 0.5709 0.0001 0.1617 0.0001 0 0
Exp_Stdnt -0.0376 0.1334 -0.2127 -0.0088 0.2127
p-value 0.1841 0 0 0.7549 0
Pct_Hispanic Pct_HawPI Pct_White Pct_Mult PctMinrty PctAtRisk Pct_LEP
Appendix C. Permission to Use Copyrighted Image (Figure 2.3.)
Below is the email transcript from my interaction via email with Dr. Elaine Allensworth of the University of Chicago, requesting permission to use the copyrighted image from her work:
July 5, 2021
Dear Dr. Allensworth,
I am completing a Master's thesis at Louisiana State University entitled “A Geospatial and Statistical Analysis of Dropout Rate in Louisiana Public High Schools.”
I would like your permission to reprint Figure 5 from your 2005 report "The on-track indicator as a predictor of high school graduation" in the literature review section of my dissertation, which is in preparation for my graduation in August 2021:
You can see in the attached document (on p. 28) how I plan to use your image in my work.
I am obliged to state that 1) this document will be submitted to LSU Digital Commons, an open access institutional repository and 2) that, according to the LSU By-Laws, the university reserves a nonexclusive, paid-up, royalty-free right to distribute copies of theses and dissertations, both internally and to third parties, whether by electronic means, microfilm, or otherwise.
Please contact me if you have any questions or need additional information.
Thank you.
Sincerely, Michael Stein
Louisiana State University [email protected]
Below is her response, granting me permission to use the figure:
July 6, 2021
Hi Michael,
Yes, that is fine. Congratulations on completing your thesis!
Elaine Allensworth, PhD Lewis-Sebring Director
UChicago Consortium on School Research
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Vita
Michael Stein is a native and lifelong resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He graduated from St. Michael High School in 2014. He graduated summa cum laude with full college honors from Louisiana State University in 2018, earning Bachelor of Arts degrees in History and Geography. He plans to earn his Master of Science degree in Geography this August 2021.
He completed the GeauxTeach program in the LSU College of Education to become a certified teacher of Social Studies for Grades 6–12 in the state of Louisiana. He has experience teaching middle school students at Sherwood Middle Magnet School, and high school students at Woodlawn High School and Lee Magnet High School (now called Liberty Magnet). He also has experience teaching college students as a supplemental instructor and teaching assistant at LSU.
He now works as a senior GIS analyst for the City of Baton Rouge.
For questions or feedback concerning this study, he can be reached via his permanent email address at [email protected] .