Test scores, dropout rates, and transfer rates as alternative indicators of high school performance

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-42

  Rumberger, Russell W ^a   Palardy, Gregory J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dropouts; School effectiveness; Student achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 17244382568     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00028312042001003     Document Type: Article

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