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New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1989
This report contains detailed descriptions of three program recommendations regarding public school choice. The recommendations are a result of a study conducted by the New Jersey Department of Education, in which public school choice and magnet schools were examined. The three recommended programs described are (1) Intradistrict Choice Program;…
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate, Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives
Download full textPonessa, Joan M. – Public Affairs Focus, 1990
Despite statewide standards, the accuracy of statistical data on dropouts reported by New Jersey schools appears to vary considerably from district to district. Moreover, statewide dropout rates differ significantly depending on the method of calculation used. Several different methodologies, which incorporate unverified information collected from…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Elementary Secondary Education, School Statistics
