The dropout rate of undergraduate students is a complex phenomenon that cannot be analyzed without taking into consideration a wider historical context for it is a consequence of previous educational levels, which influence in several different ways higher education dropout rates. School evaluation permeates all these processes and can help to identify dropout signs, reducing or even preventing it. This article analyzes the theoretical production contained in Digital Library of Thesis and Dissertations which analyzes the dropout issue and its relationship with evaluation between 2008-2009. The methodology is based on bibliographical survey denominated state of the art or state of knowledge, which contributes to the discussion and mapping out of the academic production both in terms of qualitative and quantitative analyses. We found that the relationship between dropout rates and evaluation has received little scholarly attention, being even more scarce than the studies on undergraduate studies dropout rates.
School dropout rates; Higher education; School Evaluation