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020			_a0309163072
020			_a9780309163071
040			_aSDU
050	0	0	_aLC146.6 _bH638 2011
245	1	0	_aHigh school dropout, graduation, and completion rates : _bbetter data, better measures, better decisions / _cCommittee 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.
260			_aWashington, D.C. : _bNational Academies Press, _c2011.
300			_a140 p.
505	0		_aHKBU Library
520			_aHigh 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.
650		0	_aHigh school graduates _zUnited States. _9202536
650		0	_aHigh school dropouts _zUnited States. _9202537
650		0	_aDropout behavior, Prediction of. _9202538
650		0	_aEducational indicators _zUnited States. _9191208
700	1		_aHauser, Robert Mason. _9202539
700	1		_aKoenig, Judith A. _9191210
710	2		_aNational Academy of Education. _9191212
710	2		_aNational Research Council (U.S.)
710	2		_aNational Academies Press (U.S.) _9187834
900			_a = C.1 SDU
942			_cGBE _2lcc
999			_c106558 _d106558