High school exit examinations and high school completion: Evidence from the early 1990s

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-74

  Warren, John Robert ^a   Edwards, Melanie R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dropout; High school exit examinations

Indexed keywords

EID: 18444405246     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/01623737027001053     Document Type: Article

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