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... ways that dropout and completion rates can be used to improve policy and practice. THE RATES AND HOW THEy ARE CALCuLATED In their simplest sense, graduation rates reflect the percentage of students who earned a regular high school diploma, and dropout rates reflect the percentage of students who did not.
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... At a minimum, such a system needs unique student identifiers as well as complete information on students' enrollment status throughout high school. However, a more comprehensive system would incorporate data elements that allow school systems to monitor students' progress, identify students at risk of dropping out, and evaluate the effectiveness of programs to reduce dropping out.
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... To truly improve outcomes for students, data systems need to incorporate information that enables early identification of at-risk students. Research suggests a number of factors associated with dropping out: frequent absences, failing grades in reading or math, poor behavior, being over age for grade, having a low grade 9 grade-point average (GPA)


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