Today Foundation - Education Reform Series – April 2009
Footnotes
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1 Center for Educational Statistics (2007). The Nation’s Report Card (Texas Snapshot). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office
2 IDRA (2007). The Texas Dropout Crisis. Legislative Briefing, January 23, 2007, Texas State Capitol.
3 Alliance for Excellent Education (200*). Federal High School Graduation Rate Policies and the Impact on Texas. Washington, DC
4 Fletcher, J., Lyon, R., Fuchs, L., & Barnes, M. (2007. Learning disabilities: From identification to intervention. New York: Guilford Press.
5 Levine, A. (2006). Educating school teachers. Report by the Educational Schools Project. New York: The Wallace Foundation
6 Figure reflects the number of Texas students who entered the 9th grade in 2004-2005 as members of the class of 2008. To be counted as a dropout, a student could not have been retained. If expelled, a student was not counted as a member of the cohort or as a dropout. A transfer student could only be counted as a drop out if the school and the state did not verify receiving school and record of graduation. (Alliance for Excellent Education, 2009)
7 Average lifespan in the United State s is 77.7 years (United States Census, 2007)
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