Calculating Graduation Rates: We Can Do Better

Autor/in	Bracey, Gerald W.
Titel	Calculating Graduation Rates: We Can Do Better
Quelle	In: Principal Leadership, 9 (2009) 9, S.58-60 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1529-8957
Schlagwörter	Graduation Rate; Computation; Enrollment; Grade 9; Educational Attainment; Statistical Analysis; Educational Improvement; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Einschulung; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Statistische Analyse; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; USA
Abstract	The statistic of choice to prove that U.S. schools are failing has changed over time. First, it was test scores that meant they could not keep up with Japan. More recently it has become graduation rate. Often accompanying the graduation rate in the failure litany is the drop-out rate. NCLB puts additional pressure on dropout counts because it calls on schools to improve their graduation rates. One would think the calculation of the graduation rate and its "inverse," the drop-out rate, would be a straightforward matter. One counts the number of students entering ninth grade and the number exiting with diplomas four years later. The latter divided by the former would provide the graduation rate. That is a sensible way to start, but it is not the way it is done and it would not be perfect even if it were. There are complicating factors. Calculating the drop-out rate and the graduation rate has generated some intense debates. In this article, the author contends that although it may never be a perfect science, the calculation of an "official" graduation rate can be improved and other meaningful factors can be reported. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10