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Revie Magazine Recognizes INTEC Professor for Article on Predictive Model of School Dropout in the Dominican Republic
El The Dominican Institute for Evaluation and Research on Educational Quality (IDEICE), a scientific publication body, awarded a plaque of recognition for the article prepared by Renato González, coordinator of the master's degree in Data Science, together with Professor Felipe LLaugel
This predictive model analyzes socioeconomic and environmental factors and the student's academic trajectory to generate a dropout rate, thus providing valuable input for educational authorities to implement early intervention policies.
SANTO DOMINGO – The scientific journal Revie, the publication body of the Dominican Institute for Evaluation and Research of Educational Quality (IDEICE), recognized the teacher Renato González, coordinator of the Master's Degree in Data Science of the Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC), during the celebration of its tenth anniversary.
The award was granted for her research entitled “A predictive model of school dropout for the Dominican Republic,” the most cited article in the journal according to SCOPUS, a recognized international scientific publication organization.
The article, co-authored with Professor Felipe Llaugel, presents an innovative tool based on data mining that allows predicting the risk of school dropout among students in primary and secondary education. This predictive model analyzes socioeconomic and environmental factors and the student's academic career to generate a dropout rate, thus providing valuable input for educational authorities to implement early intervention policies.
Renato González expressed his gratitude for the recognition. “Our goal has been to provide the Dominican educational system with a tool to combat school dropout, a critical problem in our country. We feel very honored that our research has been valued and cited by the international academic community,” he said.
The study, which was initially tested in 72 schools in the Los Alcarrizos school district between 2009 and 2014, has the potential to be extended nationwide. By predicting early school dropout, school administrators and the Ministry of Education could develop more effective interventions to keep students in the education system, thereby impacting the country's dropout rate.
The Dominican Institute for Evaluation and Research on Educational Quality (IDEICE), attached to the Ministry of Education, was created in 2008 with the purpose of evaluating and improving the country's educational quality, being the first Dominican public institution dedicated to this purpose.