Article: Letter to the Editor: Parsing the graduation rate misses point

Article: Graduation Rate Rises Again To New High
The Culvert Chronicles;  August 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... recently announced that New York City's four-year high school graduation rate continues to push ... near-stagnation, New York City's graduation rate has climbed significantly ... with the overall graduation rate. A new high of 69.8 percent ...

Article: U.S. SECRETARY OF EDUCATION SPELLINGS ANNOUNCES GUIDANCE TO ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 23, 2008 ;     623 words ... ... four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate and any extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rate in AYP determinations, including ... timeline for implementing the new graduation rate provisions, as well as the ...

Article: County's high school graduation rate tops 90%
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  September 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... s Class of 2006 had the highest graduation rate - 98.4 percent - among the county ... As a whole, the county average graduation rate for 2006 was 91.1 percent - up from ... the prior academic year. The state graduation rate for 2006 was not available. The 2005 ...

Article: VIRGINIA SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION ISSUES MEMO ON USE ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... verification reports. The NCLB Graduation Rate formula is as follows: G ... important to distinguish the NCLB Graduation Rate from the new National Governors Association(NGA)on-time graduation rate formula that has been adopted ...

Article: U. Oregon athletes' graduation rate not up to par
University Wire;  February 8, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... November 2006, represents the 1999-2000 graduation rate. The graduation rate is "based on a comparison of the number ... System. That places the student-athlete graduation rate 16 percent below the student body average ...

Article: GRADUATION RATE: 81 PERCENT OF CLASS OF 2007 ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... according to statewide graduation rate data released to the ... or surpass a target graduation rate of 55 percent to make ... determinations. Under the new policy, high schools ... surpass a four-year graduation rate of 60 percent, a five ...

Article: Study: U. Texas-Arlington graduation rate too low
University Wire;  November 24, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... the University of Texas' graduation rate. Created early in the semester ... improve the university's low graduation rate. At the end of this semester ... to the university's low graduation rate. Art junior Danielle Grays ... services it provides to help new students adjust to the ...