In the Last Half of the Twentieth Century and the First

question 79

Multiple Choice

In the last half of the twentieth century and the first several years of the twenty-first century, U.S. high school dropout rates

• A) increased
• B) declined.
• C) remained unchanged.
• D) plateaued.

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Definitions:

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