Ethnic and Class Differences Are Significant in Dropout Rates

question 107

Multiple Choice

Ethnic and class differences are significant in dropout rates. For example, with a dropout rate of 13 percent, ______________have the highest dropout rate of any racial/ethnic group in U.S. schools.

• A) Latinos/as (Hispanics)
• B) African Americans
• C) Native Americans
• D) non-Hispanic whites

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