Using Administrative Data to Estimate Graduation Rates: Challenges, Proposed Solutions and their Pitfalls
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| contents | Using Administrative Data to Estimate Graduation Rates: Challenges, Proposed Solutions and their Pitfalls Joydeep Roy Lawrence Mishel Educación measurement Common Core of Data High school graduation In recent years there has been a renewed interest in understanding the levels and trends in high school graduation in the U.S. A big and influential literature has argued that the "true" high school graduation rate remains at an unsatisfactory level, and that the graduation rates for minorities (Blacks and Hispanics) are alarmingly low. In this paper we take a closer look at the different measures of high school graduation which have recently been proposed and which yield such low estimates of graduation rates. We argue that the nature of the variables in the Common Core of Data, the dataset maintained by the U.S. Department of Education that is the main source for all of the new measures, requires caution in calculating graduation rates, and the adjustments that have been proposed often impart significant downward bias to the estimates. 2008 artículo científico 1068-2341 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=275020545010 es http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=2750 Education Policy Analysis Archives/Archivos Analíticos de Políticas Educativas application/pdf Arizona State University Education Policy Analysis Archives/Archivos Analíticos de Políticas Educativas (Estados Unidos de América) Vol.16 |
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| spellingShingle | Using Administrative Data to Estimate Graduation Rates: Challenges, Proposed Solutions and their Pitfalls Joydeep Roy Educación measurement Common Core of Data High school graduation Using Administrative Data to Estimate Graduation Rates: Challenges, Proposed Solutions and their Pitfalls Joydeep Roy Lawrence Mishel Educación measurement Common Core of Data High school graduation In recent years there has been a renewed interest in understanding the levels and trends in high school graduation in the U.S. A big and influential literature has argued that the "true" high school graduation rate remains at an unsatisfactory level, and that the graduation rates for minorities (Blacks and Hispanics) are alarmingly low. In this paper we take a closer look at the different measures of high school graduation which have recently been proposed and which yield such low estimates of graduation rates. We argue that the nature of the variables in the Common Core of Data, the dataset maintained by the U.S. Department of Education that is the main source for all of the new measures, requires caution in calculating graduation rates, and the adjustments that have been proposed often impart significant downward bias to the estimates. 2008 artículo científico 1068-2341 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=275020545010 es http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=2750 Education Policy Analysis Archives/Archivos Analíticos de Políticas Educativas application/pdf Arizona State University Education Policy Analysis Archives/Archivos Analíticos de Políticas Educativas (Estados Unidos de América) Vol.16 |
| title | Using Administrative Data to Estimate Graduation Rates: Challenges, Proposed Solutions and their Pitfalls |
| topic | Educación measurement Common Core of Data High school graduation |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=275020545010 |