To estimate the frequency of academic overestimation by high school dropouts, the achievement and self-concept scores of 40 normal, and 40 dropout male adolescents, were evaluated. For this sample dropouts were not over-represented in the high self-concept, low-achievement group. This suggests that students may not leave school to “save face” and that other factors may contribute to this phenomenon.
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