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Author: Mishel, Lawrence
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1. Mishel, Lawrence
Roy, Joydeep
Accurately Assessing High School Graduation Rates
Phi Delta Kappan 88,4 (December 2006): 287-292
Cohort(s): NLS General, NLSY79, NLSY97
Publisher: Phi Delta Kappa International
Keyword(s): Census of Population; Ethnic Studies; Gender; High School and Beyond (HSB); High School Completion/Graduates; High School Dropouts; Hispanics; National Education Longitudinal Survey (NELS); Racial Studies

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The article focuses on high school graduation rates in the United States. The authors argue that there is not a dropout crisis, and that conventional wisdom about graduation rates is based on flawed analyses of allegedly inadequate data. The authors claim that graduation rates have actually increased, especially among minority students. Their methods of collecting data and determining their results are discussed.

The NELS results are confirmed by two other large-scale longitudinal surveys, the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth (often referred to as NLSY97 and NLSY79) conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. They show that, for persons aged 20 to 22 in 2002 (including those in prison), the overall graduation rate is the same as in NELS: 82% overall, 75% for blacks, and 76% for Hispanics. These data also show an improvement in graduation rates for every race and gender group since 1984, except for black men, whose rates have remained steady. The improvements are particularly large and significant for Hispanics, both males and females.

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Mishel, Lawrence and Joydeep Roy. "Accurately Assessing High School Graduation Rates." Phi Delta Kappan 88,4 (December 2006): 287-292.
2. Mishel, Lawrence
Roy, Joydeep
Comparing Alternative Measures of High School Completion
In: Rethinking High School Graduation Rates and Trends. Mishel, Lawrence and Joydeep Roy, ed. Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute, April 2006.
Also: http://www.epi.org/books/rethinking_hs_grad_rates/rethinking_hs_grad_rates-FULL_TEXT.pdf
Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97
Publisher: Economic Policy Institute
Keyword(s): Census of Population; Ethnic Differences; GED/General Educational Diploma/General Equivalency Degree/General Educational Development; High School; High School and Beyond (HSB); High School Diploma; High School Dropouts; Hispanics; National Education Longitudinal Survey (NELS); Racial Differences

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[Section VIII] presents a direct comparison of nationwide high school completion by race/ethnicity in each of the three data sources discussed in the previous sections (school enrollment/diploma data, longitudinal surveys of students, and household surveys). The first focus is on those aged 25 to 29 in 2000 in CPS household surveys, which we can then match to our estimates from the decennial census. We use a common breakdown of race/ethnicity into non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks, and Hispanics and correct for higher incarceration among black men and the presence of recent immigrants among Hispanics. We also present separate estimates of high school completion by regular diploma and by GED. This yields an apples-to-apples comparison of the graduation rates (regular diploma or all completions, including GEDs) from various data sources, corrected for the biases that we have documented above.
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Mishel, Lawrence and Joydeep Roy. "Comparing Alternative Measures of High School Completion" In: Rethinking High School Graduation Rates and Trends. Mishel, Lawrence and Joydeep Roy, ed. Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute, April 2006.
3. Mishel, Lawrence
Roy, Joydeep
National Longitudinal Data
In: Rethinking High School Graduation Rates and Trends. Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute, April 2006.
Also: http://www.epi.org/books/rethinking_hs_grad_rates/rethinking_hs_grad_rates-FULL_TEXT.pdf
Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97
Publisher: Economic Policy Institute
Keyword(s): Census of Population; GED/General Educational Diploma/General Equivalency Degree/General Educational Development; High School; High School and Beyond (HSB); High School Diploma; High School Dropouts; National Education Longitudinal Survey (NELS)

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Section II summarizes the information on graduation rates from the different longitudinal studies undertaken in the recent past by the Department of Education (DOE), as well as the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The rates of high school completion in these studies, which track individual students over time and sometimes include transcript verification of completion, are significantly higher than those estimated in recent studies.
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Mishel, Lawrence and Joydeep Roy. "National Longitudinal Data" In: Rethinking High School Graduation Rates and Trends. Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute, April 2006.
4. Mishel, Lawrence
Roy, Joydeep
Questions and Answers on Measurement of High School Graduation Rates and Trends
Washington: Economic Policy Institute, April 2006.
Also: http://www.epinet.org/books/rethinking_hs_grad_rates/questions_and_answers_on_graduation_rates.pdf
Cohort(s): NLS General, NLSY79, NLSY97
Publisher: Economic Policy Institute
Keyword(s): Census of Population; GED/General Educational Diploma/General Equivalency Degree/General Educational Development; High School; High School and Beyond (HSB); High School Diploma; High School Dropouts; National Education Longitudinal Survey (NELS)

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Question and answers regarding the authors' book, Rethinking High School Graduation Rates and Trends. Includes a discussion of NLS data sources.
Bibliography Citation
Mishel, Lawrence and Joydeep Roy. "Questions and Answers on Measurement of High School Graduation Rates and Trends." Washington: Economic Policy Institute, April 2006.
5. Mishel, Lawrence
Roy, Joydeep
Rethinking High School Graduation Rates and Trends
Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute, 2006.
Also: http://www.epi.org/books/rethinking_hs_grad_rates/rethinking_hs_grad_rates-FULL_TEXT.pdf
Cohort(s): NLS General, NLSY79, NLSY97
Publisher: Economic Policy Institute
Keyword(s): Census of Population; GED/General Educational Diploma/General Equivalency Degree/General Educational Development; High School; High School and Beyond (HSB); High School Diploma; High School Dropouts; National Education Longitudinal Survey (NELS)

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Table of contents
INTRODUCTION
I. Motivation: The debate
II. National longitudinal data
III. Graduation rates using school enrollment and diploma data
IV. Census Bureau Household Survey data
V. Using the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series from the 2000 census to assess high school completion and potential biases in the CPS
VI. Historical trends
VII. The General Education Development (GED) test issue
VIII. Comparing alternative measures of high school completion

CONCLUSION
APPENDIX A: National longitudinal studies
APPENDIX B: Case studies based on longitudinal data from Florida, Chicago, and New York City
APPENDIX C: Methodology of the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) data analysis

Endnotes
References

Bibliography Citation
Mishel, Lawrence and Joydeep Roy. Rethinking High School Graduation Rates and Trends. Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute, 2006..
6. Mishel, Lawrence
Roy, Joydeep
Where Our High-School Dropout Crisis Really Is
Education Digest 72,6 (February 2007): 12-21.
Also: http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ769468&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=EJ769468
Cohort(s): NLS General, NLSY79, NLSY97
Publisher: Prakken Publications, Inc.
Keyword(s): Ethnic Studies; Gender; High School Completion/Graduates; High School Dropouts; Hispanics; National Education Longitudinal Survey (NELS); Racial Studies

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The article reports on the disparity of information regarding high school dropout rates in the U.S. Jay Greene of the Manhattan Institute and Christopher Swanson formerly of the Urban Institute report high rates nationwide. The U.S. Census and other highly credible surveys report an improvement in graduation rates. The examination and analysis of collected data from varied sources, including the Labor Force Surveys and the Current Population Survey, are the critical requirements for evaluating dropout research.

The NELS results are confirmed by two other large-scale longitudinal surveys, the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth (often referred to as NLSY97 and NLSY79) conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. They show that, for persons aged 20 to 22 in 2002 (including those in prison), the overall graduation rate is the same as in NELS: 82% overall, 75% for blacks, and 76% for Hispanics. These data also show an improvement in graduation rates for every race and gender group since 1984, except for black men, whose rates have remained steady. The improvements are particularly large and significant for Hispanics, both males and females.

Bibliography Citation
Mishel, Lawrence and Joydeep Roy. "Where Our High-School Dropout Crisis Really Is." Education Digest 72,6 (February 2007): 12-21.