  We determine and examine the star-formation rates of 50 well known, local
Blue Compact Dwarf (BCD) galaxies based on their 1.4 GHz and 60 $\mu$m
luminosities. We find that in cases for which both radio and far-infrared
luminosities are available, the resulting star-formation rates agree extremely
well with one another. We determine that the star-formation rates of the BCD
galaxies in our sample span nearly five orders of magnitude, from approximately
a few times 10$^{-3}$ to several times 10$^{1}$ M$_\odot$ yr$^{-1}$, with a
median SFR of about 0.3$ $M$_\odot$ yr$^{-1}$. We discuss trends of metallicity
(primarily oxygen abundance) with star-formation rate, and explore the
connections between SFR and galaxy mass estimates.
