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Direct linkGreene, Jay P.; Winters, Marcus A. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2006
This study evaluates the effect of school district size on public high school graduation rates. The study calculates the graduation rate for each graduating class in each state between 1991 and 2002 and uses a fixed-effects model to examine the relationship between these graduation rates and changes in the size of each state's school districts…
Descriptors: School Choice, Residential Schools, High Schools, High School Graduates
Download full textGreene, Jay P.; Winters, Marcus A. – Education Working Paper Archive, 2006
This study uses a widely respected method to calculate public high school graduation rates for the nation, for each state, and for the 100 largest school districts in the United States. The authors calculate graduation rates overall, by race, and by gender, using the most recent available data (the class of 2003). While this report builds upon a…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, High School Students, High School Graduates, Males
Greene, Jay P.; Winters, Marcus A. – Center for Civic Innovation, 2006
This study uses a widely respected method to calculate public high school graduation rates for the nation, for each state, and for the 100 largest school districts in the United States. Graduation rates are calculated overall, by race, and by gender, using the most recent available data (the class of 2003). While this report builds upon a…
Descriptors: Females, Males, Graduation, Graduation Rate
Greene, Jay P.; Winters, Marcus A. – Center for Civic Innovation, 2004
To ensure that students who receive high school diplomas meet basic thresholds of academic proficiency and job readiness, 24 states have adopted exit exams that students must pass to graduate. Opponents of these exams complain that they drive already-low graduation rates downward. They argue that raising the bar for graduation forces many…
Descriptors: High Schools, State Standards, Minority Group Children, Graduation
Greene, Jay P.; Winters, Marcus A. – Center for Civic Innovation, 2005
This study uses a widely respected method to calculate graduation rates, both nationally and for each state, for each public school graduating class from 1991 to 2002. It also combines graduation rate calculations with data provided by the U.S. Department of Education to calculate the percentage of all students who left high school eligible for…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Graduation Rate, College Admission, High School Graduates
Greene, Jay P.; Winters, Marcus A. – Center for Civic Innovation, 2005
This study evaluates the effect that the size of a state's school districts has on public high school graduation rates. The authors calculate the graduation rate over the last decade and examine the relationship between these graduation rates and changes in each state's average school district size. The study finds that decreasing the size of…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, High Schools, Educational Change, School District Size
