Those Oh,So Elusive Graduation Rates

Abstract

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Alliance for Excellent Education. www.all4ed.org/about_the_crisis.

Barton Paul

Chasing the High School Graduation Rate: Getting the Data We Need and Using It Right . Princeton, N.J.: Educational Testing Service 2009. www.ets.org. Click on “Research.”

Campbell Donald

Assessing the Impact of Planned Social Change . Occasional Paper #8. Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College Public Affairs Center 1976.

Heckman James

Paul

A. LaFontaine

. The American High School Graduation Rate: Trends and Levels . Bonn, Germany: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) 2007. http://ftp.iza.org/dp3216.pdf.

Medina Jennifer

“In School for the First Time, Teenage Immigrants Struggle.”

New York Times , January 24, 2009.

Romer

Roy

. “Statement by Ed In ‘08 Chair Roy Romer on New Centers for Disease Control Study Linking Healthcare and Dropout Rates.” Oct. 1, 2007. www.strongamericanschools.org/edin08pr/2276.