- Results show multiple achievement gaps both between and within groups, ultimately concluding that within-group gaps were often more significant than gaps between groups.
- Two common predictors of all three groups (Black, Hispanic and White) are being held back and number of suspensions. White and Black students shared only one common predictor beyond being held back and number of suspensions: parental involvement.
- Race/ethnicity generally proved not to be a significant predictor of dropping out.
- The factors that appear important in students’ likelihood of dropping out seem similar for Whites and Hispanics.
- Significant predictors for dropping out are not consistent with those for academic achievement. Additionally, the lack of overlap between Black students and the other two groups is more pronounced in the dropout data than in the academic achievement results.