The Societal Benefits and Costs of School Dropout Recovery

Table 6

Sensitivity analyses benefit cost ratios under alternative assumptions.

	benefit cost ratio
As estimated:	3
Increase projected graduation rate for students returned to school from 5% to 7.5%	3.4
Decrease benefits to graduating by 10%:	2.7
Increase discount rate from 3.5%:	reduces B/C
Decrease discount rate from 3.5%:	increases B/C