Article: study suggests beach overstated its Graduation rate.(Local)

Virginia Beach's official graduation rate, which it reported to the state for the 2003-04 year, was 81 percent. A nonprofit group claims Virginia Beach overstated its graduation rate by 14 percentage points. By Lauren Roth

The Virginian-Pilot

Virginia BeacH

A study claims that most large cities, including Virginia Beach, overstate their graduation rates by about 14 percentage points. But a Virginia statistician questioned the study's claim that Virginia Beach graduates just 67 percent of its students.

The study, released today by the nonprofit Editorial Projects in Education Research Center, calculated a graduation rate for the city based on the number of ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!