Who Graduates? Who Doesn’t?
A Statistical Portrait of Public High
School Graduation, Class of 2001
Christopher B. Swanson
Education Policy Center
The Urban Institute
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Christopher B. Swanson 2003. Ten Questions (and Answers) about Graduates, Dropouts, and NCLB
Accountability. Learning Curve: Facts and Perspectives Brief No. 3. Washington, D.C.: The Urban
Institute.
Available on-line: http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=310873
Christopher B. Swanson 2003. NCLB Implementation Report: State Approaches for Calculating High
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Learning Curve: Facts and Perspectives Brief No. 1. Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute.
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Christopher B. Swanson and Duncan Chaplin 2003. Counting High School Graduates when Graduates
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board of trustees. The author would like to acknowledge the contributions of Kendra Bischoff, Jane Hannaway, and
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