Deciding Who's Really a Dropout.

Gruener, Jordan

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ERIC Number: EJ419966

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Deciding Who's Really a Dropout.

Gruener, Jordan

American School Board Journal, v178 n1 p37-38 Jan 1991

A new calculation and reporting method designed to improve accuracy in arriving at dropout figures was tested last year by 288 school systems. The study, called the Dropout Statistics Field Test, is sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). (MLF)

Descriptors: Definitions, Dropout Characteristics, Dropouts, Elementary Secondary Education, Pilot Projects, Public Schools, School Statistics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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