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001			276269
003			OCoLC
005			20160527195032.0
008			040614s2004 maua 000 0 eng
010			_a 2004108772
020			_a1891792547 (hardcover)
020			_a1891792539 (paper)
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dTEF _dBAKER
042			_apcc
043			_an-us---
049			_aPUXA
050	0	0	_aLC146.6 _b.D763 2004
082	0	4	_a373.12913 _bD786 _222
245	0	0	_aDropouts in America _bconfronting the graduation rate crisis _cedited by Gary Orfield.
260			_aCambridge, MA _bHarvard Education Press _c2004.
300			_a306 p. _bill. _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aLosing 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.
650		0	_aHigh school dropouts _zUnited States. _2Local _9110725
650		0	_aDropouts _zUnited States _xPrevention. _2Local _988747
650		0	_aMinorities _xEducation (Secondary) _zUnited States. _2Local _9136961
700	1		_aOrfield, Gary. _2Local _9145471
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