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Understanding dropouts : statistics, strategies, and high-stakes testing / Committee on Educational Excellence and Testing Equity, Board on Testing and Assessment, Center for Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council ; Alexandra Beatty [and others] editors. - Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2001. - 1 online resource (xi, 54 pages) - The compass series . - Compass series (Washington, D.C.) .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 46-49).

""Front Matter""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Background and Context""; ""2 What Completion Means and Why It�s Important""; ""3 Complexities in Counting""; ""4 Effects of High-Stakes Testing and Standards""; ""References""; ""Appendix Workshop Agenda""


English.

ISBN: 0309510643 (electronic bk.) 9780309510646 (electronic bk.) (pbk.) (pbk.) 0309170583 9780309170581

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Dropouts--Prevention.--United States
Educational tests and measurements--United States.
Educational equalization--United States.
Tests et mesures en éducation--États-Unis.
Démocratisation de l'enseignement--États-Unis.
EDUCATION--Secondary.
Dropouts--Prevention.
Educational equalization.
Educational tests and measurements.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Subjects--Index Terms: Humaniora Pædagogik.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: LC143 / .N378 2001eb

Dewey Class. No.: 373.12/913/0973