Over recent decades most western nations have stepped up their efforts to reduce drop out and raise school completion rates while maintaining high standards how school systems have approached this and how successful they are varies this book compares the various approaches by evaluating their impact on rates of dropout and completion. Request pdf school dropout and completion international comparative studies in theory and policy school dropout remains a persistent and critical issue in many school systems so much so that . School dropout and completion international comparative studies in theory and policy dec 15 2011 school dropout remains a persistent and critical issue in many school systems so much so that it is sometimes referred to as a crisis populations across the globe have come to depend on success at school for establishing careers and gaining access to post school qualifications yet large . School dropout and completion international comparative studies in theory and policy 15 des 2011 school dropout remains a persistent and critical issue in many school systems so much so that it is sometimes referred to as a crisis populations across the globe have come to depend on success at school for establishing careers and gaining access to post school qualifications yet large . Corpus id 142135904 school dropout and completion international comparative studies in theory and policy inproceedingslamb2011schoolda titleschool dropout and completion international comparative studies in theory and policy authors lamb and n sandberg and eifred markussen and r teese and j polesel year2011