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Author(s):Stillwell, R., Sable, J., and Plotts, C.
Title:Public school graduates and dropouts from the Common Core of Data: School year 2008-09
Source:http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2011/2011312.pdf
Date:2011
Organization:National Center for Education Statistics
Short Description:This report presents findings associated with public high school graduation and event dropout counts for the 2008–09 school year.
Annotation:This report presents findings associated with public high school graduation and event dropout counts for the 2008–09 school year. These data were collected as part of the Common Core of Data Survey Collection, a universe collection of public schools operating in the United States and associated other jurisdictions.
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Giving students extra support to meet standards in challenging academic and career courses
2009 State Teacher Policy Yearbook (National Report)
Education reform 101: A primer on the new Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
California Dropout Research Project (CDRP)
Common Standards: The Time Is Now
State test score trends through 2007-08, Part 5: Are there differences in achievement between boys and girls?
Beating the odds: Analysis of student performance on state assessments and NAEP: Results from the 2008-09 school year
Policies paved the way: Early college innovation in North Carolina
NAEP reading 2009 state snapshot reports
A blueprint for reform: The reauthorization of the elementary and secondary education act
Don't leave accountability behind: A call for ESEA reauthorization
America's future: Latino child well-being in numbers and trends
College for Every Student (CFES): Assessment of student outcomes 2007-08
Comparing achievement between K-8 and middle schools: A large empirical study
Should sixth grade be in elementary school or middle school?
Implementing data-informed decision making in schools: Teacher access, supports, and use
Close the hidden funding gaps in our schools
Effective teaching: A key to success for all high school students
Late high school dropouts: Characteristics, experiences, and changes across cohorts
A new goal for America's high schools: College preparation for all
The 2008 Brown Center report on American education: How well are American students learning
Achievement gaps: How black and white students in public schools perform in mathematics and reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress
College portrait of undergraduate education (search and comparison tool for participating college and universities by state)
Diplomas and dropouts: Which colleges actually graduate their students (and which don't)
National opportunity to learn campaign: Lost opportunity: A 50 state report on the oppotunity to learn in America
Lessons from Achieving the Dream for federal efforts to improve college completion rates
The nation's report card: 2007 At a glance
A plan for success: Communities of color define policy priorities for high school reform
Education Equality Project
The economic impact of the achievement gap in America's schools
Grade retention: Achievement and mental health outcomes
Prioritizing the nation's dropout factories: The need for federal policy that targets the nation's lowest performing high schools
Are achievement gaps closing and is achievement rising for all?
Using student achievement data to support instructional decision making
Southern Education Foundation (SEF)
Turnaround schools that work: Moving beyond separate but equal
Keeping middle grades students on the path to success in high school: Increasing engagement and achievement in SREB states
Fighting for quality and equality, too: How states and policymakers can ensure the drive to improve teacher quality doesn't just trickle down to poor and minority children
What matters for staying on-track and graduating in Chicago public schools: A focus on students with disabilities
Measuring student achievement at postsecondary institutions
The promise of proficiency: How college proficiency information can help high schools drive student success
Big ideas: Dropout prevention strategies: Achievement for Latinos through Academic Success (ALAS)
For every 100 girls...
Examining gaps in mathematics achievement among racial-ethnic groups, 1972-1992
Redesigning the ninth-grade experience: Reduce failure, improve achievement, and increase high school graduation rates
Indiana's K-12 STEM Ed Report Card
Science and mathematics education indicators
Fixing No Child Left Behind
State indicators of science and mathematics education: 2007
Evolving No Child Left Behind
Educational outcomes for children and youth in foster and out-of-home care
Indianapolis Star Data Central: School profile reports
Core problems: Out-of-field teaching persists in key academic courses and high-poverty schools
Postsecondary connection: Making the link between high school preparation and college success
Making college and career readiness the mission for high schools: A guide for state policymakers
High school graduation rates by race/ethnicity, limited English proficiency, free and reduced price lunch
Knocking at the college door: Projections of high school graduates by state, income, and race/ethnicity
Betraying the college dream: How disconnected K-12 and postsecondary education systems undermine student aspirations
The education pipeline in the U.S., 1970-2000
High school graduation rankings and rates for fifty states 2002
Comparison of selected education data and rankings for 50 states
High school graduation rates, college continuation rates, and chance for college by state: 1986, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, and 2000
Confronting the graduation rate crisis in the south
The governance divide: A report on a four-state study on improving college readiness and success
Indiana higher education opportunity data book
State data systems and privacy concerns: Strategies for balancing public interests
With diploma in hand: Hispanic high school seniors talk about their future
The expectations gap: A 50 state review of high school graduation requirements
Projections of education statistics to 2015
Public high school graduation and college-readiness rates: 1991-2002
Cultural issues related to high school reform: Deciphering the case of black males
Appropriate use of high stakes testing in our schools: How should student learning and achievement be measured
Dollars and sense II: Lessons from good, cost-effective small schools
Closing the aspirations-attainment gap: Implications for high school reform
American Indian student achievement in Montana public schools: Features of the achievement gap and policy prescriptions
Education watch online
Economic outcomes of high school completers and non-completers 8 years later
Measuring what matters: Creating a longitudinal data system using data to improve student achievement
Issue brief - What students need, part 1: Dropout prevention and recovery
Keeping students in school: What other states are doing for at-risk students
Academic interventions to help states meet rigorous standards: Policy options
Aligned expectations: A closer look at college admissions and placement tests
State and district-level support for successful transitions into high school
Do Current State Standards and Assessments Reflect College Readiness?: A Case Study
Preparing Oklahoma students for the future
Understanding high school graduation rates (updated): National and state-specific information
States that raise their high school graduation rates could generate millions more in higher wages
Latinos in secondary education
National Indian education study part I: The performance of American Indian and Alaska Native fourth- and eighth-grade students on NAEP 2005 reading and mathematics assessments
Achievement gaps and correlates of early mathematics achievement: Evidence from the ECLS K-first grade sample
Residence and migration for college freshmen for Indiana
The challenge and call for cultural adjustments in educating African American males: Implications for school counselors and leaders
Student debt and the class of 2005: Average debt by state, sector, and school
Increasing academic rigor in high schools: Stakeholder perspectives
Correctional education facts
Graduation rates in Indiana: An analysis of various methods of caluculating graduation rates
Closing educational achievement gaps for Latino/a students in Utah
Dropout prevention for students with disabilities: A critical issue for state education agencies
The ASCA national model
College affordability for students from low and lower-middle income families
Findings from the early college high school initiative: A look at best practices and lessons learned regarding a dual enrollment program
Washington Data and Reports
What community college management practices are effective in promoting student success? A study of high- and low-impact institutions
Fifty states of achieving the dream: State policies to enhance access to community colleges across the United States
Rethinking high school: An introduction to New York City's experience
Left behind by design: Proficiency counts and test-based accountability
Asian Pacific Islander American Students and U.S. high schools
Redesigning schools: 10 features of effective schools
Fighting poverty through incentives and work mandates for young men
Giving students a chance to achieve: Getting off to a fast and successful start in grade nine
The narrowing gap in New York City teacher qualifications and its implications for student achievement in high-poverty schools
Minorities in higher education twenty-second annual status report: 2007 supplement
A framework and recommendations for federal action on secondary school reform
Projected high school graduates
2007 College-bound seniors: Total group profile report
The state role in accelerating student growth in low-performing high schools
Aligning high school graduation requirements with the real world: A road map for states
Education Commission of the States: Research studies database
The funding gap (Spanish version)
Every student counts: The case for graduation rate accountability