02643nam a2200301Ia 4500 276269 OCoLC 20160527195032.0 040614s2004 maua 000 0 eng 2004108772 1891792547 (hardcover) 1891792539 (paper) DLC DLC TEF BAKER pcc n-us--- PUXA LC146.6 .D763 2004 373.12913 D786 22 Dropouts in America confronting the graduation rate crisis edited by Gary Orfield. Cambridge, MA Harvard Education Press 2004. 306 p. ill. 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Losing our future: minority youth left out / Gary Orfield -- Sketching a portrait of public high school graduation: who graduates? who doesn't? / Christopher B. Swanson -- Graduation rate accountability under the No Child Left Behind Act and the disparate impact on students of color / Daniel J. Losen -- Locating the dropout crisis: which high schools produce the nations dropouts? / Robert Balfanz and Nettie E. Legters -- High school dropout, race/ethnicity, and social background from the 1970s to the 1990s / Robert M. Hauser, Solon J. Simmons, and Devah I. Pager -- The national dropout data collection system: history and the search for consistency / Phillip Kaufman -- Why students drop out of school / Russell W. Rumberger -- Graduation and dropout rates after implementation of high-stakes testing in Chicago's elementary schools: a close look at students most vulnerable to dropping out / Elaine M. Allensworth -- Accountability and the grade 9 to 10 transition: the impact on attrition and retention rates / Lisa Abrams and Walt Haney -- Whatever happened to the class of 2000? the timing of dropout in Philadelphia's schools / Ruth Curran Neild and Elizabeth Farley -- Preventing dropout: use and impact of organizational reforms designed to ease the transition to high school / Kerri A. Kerr and Nettie E. Legters -- What can be done to reduce the dropout rate? / Russell W. Rumberger -- Interpreting the evidence from recent federal evaluations of dropout-prevention programs: the state of scientific research / Mark Dynarski -- Essential components of high school dropout-prevention reforms / James M. McPartland and Will J. Jordan. High school dropouts United States. Local 110725 Dropouts United States Prevention. Local 88747 Minorities Education (Secondary) United States. Local 136961 Orfield, Gary. Local 145471 198298 198298 0 0 ddc 0 373_129130000000000_D786 0 abl 258417 1 1 17 2016-05-27 Harvard Educ. 29.95 394664 0 373.12913 D786 60000010017967 2016-05-27 00:00:00 r:276269 6