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Article: California Dropout Research Project Issues Blueprint to Solve Dropout Crisis.
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- February 27, 2008
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Government Officials Echo Need for Action, Announce Steps Toward Reform
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A prominent group of researchers, policymakers and education leaders issued a bold set of recommendations to improving California's high school graduation rate.
Chief among them is modifying the accountability system, improving the data system, and building the capacity of schools, districts, and the state to address the problem. California has adopted content standards and an accountability system; however numerous studies of systemic reform show that each level of the educational system lacks the capacity to provide support to the next.
"Coordination ...