Hispanic Youth Dropping Out of U.S. Schools: Measuring the Challenge

June 8, 2003 Richard Fry, The Pew Charitable Trusts Hispanic Youth Dropping Out of U.S. Schools: Measuring the Challenge High school dropout rates are a key performance measure for the American education system. This report by the Pew Hispanic Center shows that the standard method for calculating the dropout rate leads to a distorted picture of the status of Hispanic students in U.S. schools. In recent years an influx of young immigrants, who left school before coming to the United States, has swollen the ranks of those counted as Hispanic dropouts. Those youth present long-term policy challenges . . .