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Acknowledgments

This report was prepared by the OERI Goal 2 Work Group, cochaired by Donald Fork and Tommy Tomlinson. It is an abridged version of the group's technical report on school completion. The work group shared the overall task of collecting information and structuring the technical report. Tommy Tomlinson and Mary Frase wrote most sections of the report. Aaron Pallas of Michigan State University and Gary Wehlage of the University of Wisconsin-Madison made valuable contributions to the discussion of research and theory bearing on dropout prevention and school completion.

Several colleagues outside of OERI provided review and critique of the technical report, including Janet Baldwin, Philip Cusick, Sandra Graham, Fred Newmann, Aaron Pallas, Jay Smink, and Gary Wehlage.

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