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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: NYC dropouts
In a message dated 2/16/2004 4:30:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, monty@fairtest.org writes: Haney found that between grades 9 and 10 alone, nearly 14% of black and Hispanic students were disappearing from city high school rolls, double the percentage of a decade earlier. In VA, we now lose 19.9% of African American students between 9th and 10th grade, up from 14-15% five years ago. The DOE doesn't have stats from earlier than that on their website. Mickey
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