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Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States

References

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Seastrom, M., Chapman, C., Stillwell, R., McGrath, D., Peltola, P., Dinkes, R., and Xu, Z. (2006a). User’s Guide to Computing High School Graduation Rates, Volume 1: Review of Current and Proposed Graduation Indicators (NCES 2006-604). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

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