High School Dropout, Graduation, and Completion Rates: Better Data, Better Measures, Better Decisions
By National Academy of Education, National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Center for Education, Committee for Improved Measurement of High School Dropout and Completion Rates: Expert Guidance on N, Judith Anderson Koenig (Editor), Robert M. Hauser (Editor)
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By National Academy of Education, National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Center for Education, Committee for Improved Measurement of High School Dropout and Completion Rates: Expert Guidance on N, Judith Anderson Koenig (Editor), Robert M. Hauser (Editor)
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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 t...




















