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The Quality of Vocational Education, June 1998

Table 3.3.--Effect of vocational programs determined from studies with statistical or experimental controls

Study Dropout rate for vocational students Dropout rate for control students Reduction due to vocational program
Grasso & Shea, 1979 8% 13% 5%
Perlmutter, 1982 16% 24% 8%
Wagner, 1991 8% 15% 7%

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