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Title: Measuring the High School Graduation Rate in the Ninth Federal Reserve District
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Publication Year: 2011
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Abstract: This paper estimates the high school graduation rate for five states in the Ninth Federal ReserveDistrict (Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin) by adjusting theupward bias in the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) high school statuscompletion rate. We follow the methodology used by Heckman and LaFontaine (2007) byexcluding GED holders and immigrants never enrolled in U.S. secondary schools, including theinstitutionalized population, and adjusting for response bias and low sample coverage. AsHeckman and LaFontaine find for the United States, the adjusted Ninth District graduation rate issubstantially lower than the completion rate (83.4 percent vs. 90.1 percent in 2000). In addition,the adjusted Ninth District graduation rate has not increased over the past 40 years and theadjusted majority/minority graduation rate differentials remain. Finally, after adjusting forbiases, the gap between the Ninth District and U.S. graduation rates is wider; however, over timethe U.S. graduation rate has been catching up with the Ninth District.
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Authors: Grunewald, Rob; Chung, Wonho
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Publication Number: 113
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Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS CPS
Topics: Education
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