- The National Indian Education Study 2011. National Center for Education Statistics. (July 2012). This research study looked at American Indian and Alaska Native students' reading and math test scores in 2005, 2009, and 2011 and found little improvement in student achievement.
- Compulsory School Attendance: What Research Says and What It Means for State Policy. Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings. (August 2012). Some have debated raising the compulsory school attendance age to 18, but this study found that raising the age would not necessarily mean a higher graduation rate. To reach their conclusion, researchers looked at different states and their varying policies on this topic, and the study found that intervention programs and policies were more likely to keep students in school.
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