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Direct linkGlennie, Elizabeth; Bonneau, Kara; vanDellen, Michelle; Dodge, Kenneth A. – Teachers College Record, 2012
Background/Context: Efforts to improve student achievement should increase graduation rates. However, work investigating the effects of student-level accountability has consistently demonstrated that increases in the standards for high school graduation are correlated with increases in dropout rates. The most favored explanation for this finding…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High Stakes Tests, School Districts, Graduation
