Understanding Dropouts:

Statistics, Strategies, and High-Stakes Testing

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Size: 66 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:2001

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Alexandra Beatty, Ulric Neisser, William T. Trent, and Jay P. Heubert, Editors, Committee on Educational Excellence and Testing Equity, National Research Council
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Front Matter	i-xii
Executive Summary	1-8	(skim)
1. Background and Context	9-21	(skim)
2. What Completion Means and Why It's Important	22-28	(skim)
3.Complexities in Counting	29-37	(skim)
4. Effects of High-Stakes Testing and Standards	38-45	(skim)
References	46-50	(skim)
Appendix : Workshop Agenda	51-54	(skim)

Understanding Dropouts:

Statistics, Strategies, and High-Stakes Testing

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