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The comprehensive guide helps school leaders and government policymakers boost high school graduation rates. Levin's proven system has been implemented successfully in hundreds of high schools.
High school graduation and dropout rates have long been used as indicators of educational system productivity and effectiveness and of social and economic well being. While determining these rates may seem like a straightforward task, their calculation is in fact quite complicated. How does one count a student who leaves a regular high school but later completes a GED? How does one count a student who spends most of his/her high school years at one school and then transfers to another? If the student graduates, which school should receive credit? If the student drops out, which school should take responsibility? High School Dropout, Graduation, and Completion Rates addresses these issues and to examine (1) the strengths, limitations, accuracy, and utility of the available dropout and completion measures; (2) the state of the art with respect to longitudinal data systems; and (3) ways that dropout and completion rates can be used to improve policy and practice.
Bruce and Stan, the weekly hosts of TBN’s Christianity 101, humorously and practically prepare students for the most exhilarating and potentially perilous years of their lives. Like any good guidebook, this book tells high school graduates ahead of time what they can expect to encounter: points of interest, dangers and opportunities. From money management to roommate irritations, it isn’t easy leaving high school behind; but with Goodbye High School, Hello World, students