Now, we live in a competitive world, and a 68 percent graduation rate for 9th graders is not good enough to be able to compete in this competitive world. (educationnext.org)
Goal of 90 percent graduation rate by 2020, with each state 85 percent. (edweek.org)
The impact from all these changes: That 31 percent graduation rate at the six - year mark now stands at 38 percent. (kipp.org)