02325cam a22002894a 4500 110617s2011 dcu b 000 0 eng c 0309163072 9780309163071 SDU LC146.6 H638 2011 High school dropout, graduation, and completion rates : better data, better measures, better decisions / Committee for Improved Measurement of High School Dropout and Completion Rates: Expert Guidance on Next Steps for Research and Policy Workshop ; Robert M. Hauser and Judith Anderson Koenig, editors ; Center for Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education ; National Research Council and National Academy of Education. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2011. 140 p. HKBU Library 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? This book 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.--Publisher's description. High school graduates United States. 202536 High school dropouts United States. 202537 Dropout behavior, Prediction of. 202538 Educational indicators United States. 191208 Hauser, Robert Mason. 202539 Koenig, Judith A. 191210 National Academy of Education. 191212 National Research Council (U.S.) National Academies Press (U.S.) 187834 = C.1 SDU GBE lcc 106558 106558 0 0 lcc 0 LC01466 H638 02011 0 CGB 281610 SDU SDU GEN3 2025-09-11 2 0 LC146.6 H638 2011 1000364406 2025-09-11 00:00:00 C.1 2025-09-11 GBE