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Warren, John Robert; Hamrock, Caitlin – Social Forces, 2010
Does increasing the minimum wage reduce the high school completion rate? Previous research has suffered from (1. narrow time horizons, (2. potentially inadequate measures of states' high school completion rates, and (3. potentially inadequate measures of minimum wage rates. Overcoming each of these limitations, we analyze the impact of changes in…
Descriptors: Minimum Wage, Wages, Correlation, High School Graduates
Center on Education Policy, 2010
This paper provides information about New Mexico High School Competency Examination (NMHSCE), a minimum competency test. Its purpose is to meet a state mandate. It will be replaced by the Grade 11 Standards Based Assessment/High School Graduation Assessment (SBA/HSGA) in spring 2011 as the state's high school exit exam. The NMHSCE was administered…
Descriptors: High Schools, Minimum Competency Testing, Exit Examinations, Minimum Competencies
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Bishop, John H.; Mane, Ferran; Bishop, Michael; Moriarty, Joan Y. – Brookings Papers on Education Policy, 2001
In this article, the authors looked at the effects of one old-style educational reform--higher course graduation requirements--and five standard-based reforms--(1) school report cards; (2) rewards for school improvement; (3) sanctions for failing schools; (4) minimum competency examinations; and (5) hybrid minimum competency exam…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate, Minimum Competency Testing