Which of the following statements about dropping out of high school is true?
A) Students placed in a vocational track are much more likely to graduate from high school than those placed in a college preparatory track.
B) Risk factors in first grade predict dropout nearly as well as risk factors in secondary school.
C) Nearly all dropouts achieve poorly and show high rates of norm-violating acts.
D) The dropout rate is higher among African-American than among Hispanic teenagers.
B
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