Are NCLB's measures, incentives, and improvement strategies the right ones for the nation's low-performing high schools?

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 559-593

  Balfanz, Robert ^a   Legters, Nettie ^a   West, Thomas C ^a   Weber, Lisa M ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adequate yearly progress; Graduation rates; High schools; No Child Left Behind

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649008456     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831207306768     Document Type: Article

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