They posted especially poor graduation rates: less than 40 percent of students at closure schools graduated within four years, compared to citywide averages of about 60 percent during those years. (educationnext.org)
Graduation rates have been of particular concern to advocacy groups, who feel the waiver system has led to poor graduation rate accountability. (politico.com)
In 1991, at the climax of Washington's undefeated national championship season, a Seattle TV station aired a report on the poor graduation rate of the players under coach Don James, who quit on Sunday after Washington was placed on probation (page 11). (si.com)