Article: SCHOOLS BOOST THEIR GRADUATION RATES IN '07; Two Madison County districts have highest rates in CNY, Syracuse the lowest.(Local)

Article: MPS graduation rate is 46%, study says; District disagrees, but it lags suburbs
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  April 2, 2008 ;     455 words ......listed with a graduation rate below 50...having a graduation rate of 46.1...list with a graduation rate of 24.9...about the graduation rates in urban...comes to graduation rates, especially...points in graduation rates between ...

Article: Under new formula, graduation rate dips Statewide figures for 2005-06 fall to 74.1 percent.(News)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  September 6, 2007 ;     311 words ......reducing the graduation rate. Officials...has reported graduation rates using more...s official graduation rates, the decline...that Colorado graduation rates comfortably...74.6 percent graduation rate, compared with...reflects a gap in graduation ...

Article: Mid-Con coaches prefer graduation rate myths
Post-Tribune (IN);  March 4, 2002 ;     578 words ......misleading" graduation rates the NCAA publishes...the Mid-Con's graduation rate is longer than...to account for graduation rates of all students...that school's graduation rate. Therefore, they...count toward a graduation rate in the Mid-Continent...learn ...

Article: U. Oregon athletes' graduation rate not up to par
University Wire;  February 8, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Student-athlete graduation rates have fallen...the 1999-2000 graduation rate. The graduation...Non-student-athlete graduation rates at the University...United States graduation rates," said...in the final graduation rate, like transfer...

Article: New graduation rate method should yield more realistic figures
Post-Tribune (IN);  April 21, 2003 ;     700+ words ......the state's graduation rate is misleading...reporting these graduation rates that aren't...pointed to the graduation rate of 97 percent...accountability law uses graduation rates to show how...70 percent graduation rate, yet the state...testing the new ...

Article: Keeping Count of Students Who Drop Out; The new push for graduation rate standards might help more kids finish high school.
U.S. News & World Report;  May 26, 2008 ;     700+ words ......researchers say the graduation rate was less than...disputes over graduation rates are becoming...an acceptable graduation rate, schools face...to calculate graduation rates using the same...to improve its graduation rate by an unspecified...district's low ...

Article: Graduation rate formula questioned
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  January 19, 2003 ;     700+ words ......in their 2002 graduation rates while the state...Overall, Olympia's graduation rate dropped and Unit...the first time, graduation rates also were calculated...Education, the 2002 graduation rate was calculated...impact on the graduation rate, especially ...

Article: A big disparity in graduation rates; While Minnesota's overall high school graduation rate is in the nation's Top 10, it is near the bottom for minority group members.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  June 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ......report on graduation rates by Education...to compute graduation rates, Education...overall 2003-04 graduation rate of 78.7 percent...compiles 2003-04 graduation rates for every...won't affect graduation rates for another...

Article: MPS high school graduation rate declines to 51.8%
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 28, 2001 ;     517 words ...MPS high school graduation rate declines to 51.8% By SAM SCHULHOFER-WO...Public Instruction said MPS had a 51.8% graduation rate last school year, the worst in Wisconsin...down from 2.35% to 2.29%. Dropout and graduation rates can fall together because the dropout rate measures one ...

Article: Study measures correlation of graduation rate, race
University Wire;  December 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ......having high graduation rates among minority...an overall graduation rate of 54 percent...having high graduation rates. The overall graduation rate of ECSU is...the high graduation rates. The 60 percent graduation rate of African...

Article: Lockport studies graduation rate
Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  April 26, 2002 ;     300 words ......a committee to study graduation rates. The committee was formed...address a decline in graduation rates, said Steve Cardamone...collected regarding graduation rates in the state," Cardamone...economy," he said. The graduation rate for the school in 2001...from time to ...

Article: Graduation Rate Drops For Division I Athletes; First Decline Since Study Started in 1984
The Washington Post;  November 9, 1998 ;     613 words ......measured the graduation rates among athletes...degree work. The graduation rate of men's basketball...The 41 percent graduation rate for men's basketball...Altogether, the graduation rates declined in 14...began tracking graduation rates. That ...

Article: Florida joins compact to create a common methodology for calculating graduation rate
Westside Gazette;  November 17, 2005 ;     565 words ......state high school graduation rates. The compact...data-driven high school graduation rate calculations...recognizing Florida's graduation rate as exemplary...for calculating graduation rates. Florida stands...academic year, graduation rates for all ...

Article: State's graduation rate ranks near top: But group's report says expectations too low, numbers inflated across U.S.
Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA);  August 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ......high school graduation rate but calls...expectations for graduation rates and inflated...reported its 2005 graduation rate to be 86.6...calculate graduation rates, going as...emphasis put on graduation rates. In Coeur d'A...board set a graduation ...