Data File: Common Core of Data State Dropout and Completion: School Year 2006

Title:	Data File: Common Core of Data State Dropout and Completion: School Year 2006–07
Description:	This public-use data file publishes data on dropouts and high school completers at the state level. These data were collected as part of the Common Core of Data (CCD) component of the Department of Education's Education Data Exchange Network (EDEN) Collection System. Data presented on this file have not been suppressed or coarsened in any way. Dropout data is presented by grade, race/ethnicity, and gender for grades 9 through 12. Dropout counts, rates, and associated enrollment variables are provided on this file. Dropout data presented on this file was aggregated from the district level. Counts, rates, and enrollment figures are presented only if the reported data accounted for 80 percent or more students in the state. High school completion data is presented by race/ethnicity and gender for both regular high school diploma recipients and for other high school completers. The Average Freshman Graduation Rate, and the components needed to compute this rate are also provided.
Online Availability:	Download the State Dropout and Completion Data Files and Documentation.
Cover Date:	November 2009
Web Release:	November 16, 2009
Publication #:	NCES 2010312
Center/Program:	NCES
Authors:	Jennifer Sable Education Statistics Services Institute – American Institutes for Research Robert Stillwell Project Officer National Center for Education Statistics
Type of Product:	Data File
Survey/Program Areas:	Common Core of Data (CCD)
Keywords:	Dropout Rates (High School)
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