Open AccessQuasicohort and Period Measures are Weak Proxies for the New Federal Graduation Rate: Florida Data, 2003-2009 Graduation Years
Author(s) -
Sherman Dorn
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
ssrn electronic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1556-5068
DOI - 10.2139/ssrn.2009965
Subject(s) - graduation (instrument) , period (music) , demography , demographic economics , actuarial science , psychology , economics , mathematics , sociology , physics , acoustics , geometry
Analysis of newly-released data from the Florida Department of Education suggests that commonly-used proxies for high school graduation are generally weak predictors of the new federal rate.
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