High School Dropout, Graduation, and Completion Rates:

Better Data, Better Measures, Better Decisions

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Publication Year:2011

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Robert M. Hauser and Judith Anderson Koenig, Editors; Committee for Improved Measurement of High School Dropout and Completion Rates: Expert Guidance on Next Steps for Research and Policy Workshop; National Research Council and National Academy of Education
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Front Matter	i-xiv
Summary	1-4	(skim)
1 Introduction	5-10	(skim)
2 Dropout Rates, Graduation Rates, and Public Policy	11-24	(skim)
3 Decisions Required to Compute the Indicators	25-42	(skim)
4 Current and Proposed Measures	43-60	(skim)
5 Early Warning Indicators	61-72	(skim)
6 Developing Longitudinal Data Systems	73-94	(skim)
7 Using Comprehensive Data Systems to Improve Public Policy and Practice	95-108	(skim)
8 Summary of Recommendations	109-118	(skim)
References and Bibliography	119-130	(skim)
Appendix A: Workshop Agenda and Participants	131-136	(skim)
Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff	137-140	(skim)

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High school graduation and dropout rates have long been used as indicators of educational system productivity and effectiveness and of social and economic well being. While determining these rates may seem like a straightforward task, their calculation is in fact quite complicated. How does one count a student who leaves a regular high school but later completes a GED? How does one count a student who spends most of his/her high school years at one school and then transfers to another? If the student graduates, which school should receive credit? If the student drops out, which school should take responsibility?

High School Dropout, Graduation, and Completion Rates addresses these issues and to examine (1) the strengths, limitations, accuracy, and utility of the available dropout and completion measures; (2) the state of the art with respect to longitudinal data systems; and (3) ways that dropout and completion rates can be used to improve policy and practice.

High School Dropout, Graduation, and Completion Rates:

Better Data, Better Measures, Better Decisions

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