NCLB Seen Fueling Texas Dropout Rates
At least 135,000 students in Texas public high schools drop out prior to graduation every year, a figure that has increased since 2001 because of the use of accountability testing as required by the No Child Left Behind Act, concludes a study by researchers from Rice University’s Center for Education, in Houston, and the University...
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