Under new formula, graduation rate dips Statewide figures for 2005-06 fall...

Rocky Mountain News (2007-Current);  September 6, 2007 ;     308 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 ...

Under new formula, graduation rate dips Statewide figures for 2005-06 fall...

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 ...

MPS graduation rate is 46%, study says; District disagrees, but it lags...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

Keeping Count of Students Who Drop Out; The new push for graduation rate...

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 ...

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 ...

A big disparity in graduation rates; While Minnesota's overall high school...

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...

N.M.'s Graduation Rate Misleading

Albuquerque Journal;  June 24, 2005 ;     547 words ......high school graduation rate that is misleading...high school graduation rate of 89 percent...dishonesty about graduation rates," Kati Haycock...the 2002-2003 graduation-rate data that states...high school graduation rate. The problem...true "cohort" ...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

Graduation Rate Drops For Division I Athletes; First Decline Since Study...

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 ...

Florida joins compact to create a common methodology for calculating...

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 ...