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ERIC Number: EJ549988
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-4681
High School Graduation Requirements: Effects on Dropping Out and Student Achievement.
Hoffer, Thomas B.
Teachers College Record, v98 n4 p584-607 Sum 1997
Data from a national survey of high school students were examined to determine the effects of increased mathematics requirements on the kinds of mathematics students studied, dropout rates, achievement test score gains, and the association of socioeconomic status with test scores and dropping out. Results found little effect on probability of dropping out or achievement gains. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Educational Policy, Graduation Requirements, High Schools, Mathematics Achievement, Required Courses, Secondary School Mathematics, Secondary School Students, Socioeconomic Status
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Education Longitudinal Study 1988