(Approximately 30% of students fail to get a high school diploma--states now are finding ways to hide this failure through imaginative data keeping. I would also add that many of the graduating seniors are poorly prepared to enter/succeed in college and life.)
States Inflate School Graduation Rates, Report Says
by Claudio Sanchez
NPR
There are serious gaps between the high school graduation rates that states report and the actual number of students who receive a diploma, according to a new report.
The study, from the journal Education Week, estimates that in the school year that just ended, 1.2 million students failed to graduate.
The report explains that states have a variety of methods for calculating graduation rates, which can cause them to overestimate graduation rates.
To Listen to the Report
Also:
Diplomas Count: An Essential to Graduation Policy and Rates
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