Factors affecting year 12 retention across Australian States and Territories in the 1990's

dc.contributor.authorRyan, Chrisen_AU
dc.contributor.authorWatson, Louiseen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2003-12-12en_US
dc.date.accessioned2004-05-19T16:17:40Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-05T08:49:39Z
dc.date.available2004-05-19T16:17:40Zen_US
dc.date.available2011-01-05T08:49:39Z
dc.date.created2003en_AU
dc.date.updated2015-12-08T07:46:39Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper contains a comparison of high school completion rates across Australian States and Territories from 1989 to 2002. These completion rates, known as 'retention rates' have a number of well-known deficiencies. when we adjust 'official' 2002 retention rates to take account of these measurement problems, the pattern of 'performance' across jurisdictions changes substantially. Moreover, the adjustments allow identification of the pattern of mismeasurement of national retention over the 1990s arising from the deficiencies of the retention rate calculation. We estimate that the retention rate was an especially poor measure of national school completion in the early 1990s, when it peaked. The peak in our adjusted retention measure during the early 1990s was less pronounced and the subsequent decline smaller than the 'official' figures. Unlike those 'official' estimates, the adjusted measure of Year 12 retention was no lower in the late 1990s than it had been in the early 1990s.en_AU
dc.description.sponsorshipThis report was commisioned by ANU Centre for Economic Policy Research
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/41584en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/41584
dc.language.isoen_AUen_US
dc.subjectretention rates
dc.subjectcomparison
dc.subjectAustralian States and Territories
dc.subjectage-grade structure
dc.subjectpolicy and performance measurement
dc.subjectcompletion rates
dc.subjectpopulation changes
dc.subjecthigh school
dc.titleFactors affecting year 12 retention across Australian States and Territories in the 1990's
dc.typeWorking/Technical Paper
local.bibliographicCitation.placeofpublicationAustralia
local.citationDiscussion paper no.467en_US
local.contributor.affiliationCEPR, RSSSen_US
local.contributor.affiliationANUen_US
local.contributor.authoruidRyan, Christopher, u3673922
local.description.refereednoen_US
local.identifier.absfor140211 - Labour Economics
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4167262xPUB70
local.identifier.citationmonthsepen_US
local.identifier.citationyear2003en_US
local.identifier.eprintid2303en_US
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu4167262
local.rights.ispublishednoen_US
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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