Using administrative data to estimate graduation rates: Challenges, Proposed solutions and their pitfalls.

In recent years there has been a renewed interest in understanding the levels and trends in high school graduation in the U.S. A big and influential literature has argued that the “true” high school graduation rate remains at an unsatisfactory level, and that the graduation rates for minorities (Bla...

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Main Authors: Joydeep Roy, Lawrence Mishel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arizona State University 2008-06-01
Series:Education Policy Analysis Archives
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Online Access:http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/36