Graduation Rates, A Measure of Student Achievement

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2017
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Haverford College. Department of Sociology
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From the 20th into the 21st century there has been extensive research into student achievement and the factors that bring forth such an accomplishment. Much the literature revolves around student test scores as a measure of student achievement. This paper uses graduation rates as a form a student achievement. Using a spline regression analysis, I analysis the graduation rates from 6135 school districts across the United States against demographic and financial factors. Average spending per student, average instructional expenditures per student, average pupil support service, and average instructional salary per student were all correlated with a positive relationship with graduation rates. Average spending on math, science, and teacher quality was correlated with a negative relationship with graduation rates.
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