The relationship of high school graduation exams to graduation rates and SAT scores

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 13, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-17

  Marchant, Gregory J ^a   Paulson, Sharon E ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 13444259505     PISSN: 10682341     EISSN: 10682341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14507/epaa.v13n6.2005     Document Type: Article

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