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Direct linkHoff, David J. – Education Week, 2005
North Carolina says it graduates 97 percent of its high school students, while Washington state reports it gives diplomas to just 66 percent. But researchers, using methods they believe are more accurate, estimate that the two states' graduation rates are essentially the same, at around 64 percent. Acknowledging that such disparities in data are…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Change, Graduation Rate, Graduation
