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Download full textGreene, Jay P.; Winters, Marcus A. – Center for Civic Innovation, 2004
To ensure that students who receive high school diplomas meet basic thresholds of academic proficiency and job readiness, 24 states have adopted exit exams that students must pass to graduate. Opponents of these exams complain that they drive already-low graduation rates downward. They argue that raising the bar for graduation forces many…
Descriptors: High Schools, State Standards, Minority Group Children, Graduation
Greene, Jay P.; Winters, Marcus A. – Center for Civic Innovation, 2006
This study uses a widely respected method to calculate public high school graduation rates for the nation, for each state, and for the 100 largest school districts in the United States. Graduation rates are calculated overall, by race, and by gender, using the most recent available data (the class of 2003). While this report builds upon a…
Descriptors: Females, Males, Graduation, Graduation Rate
