What Measure Estimates the Percentage of Both Public and Private

question 29

Multiple Choice

What measure estimates the percentage of both public and private high school students who left high school between the beginning of one school year and the beginning of the next without earning a high school diploma or an alternative credential such as a GED?

• A)status dropout rate
• B)event dropout rate
• C)absolute rate
• D)relative drop rate

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