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Graduation and Dropout Statistics for Washington's Counties, Districts, and Schools Graduation Rate Calculations - March 2012 (PDF)

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The graduation rate calculation says he should graduate in two springs from now; if he doesn't, the school's graduation rate falls.

The U.S. Department of Education's recent regulations setting a standard calculation for high school graduation rates appear to have pleased disability - group advocates, who were concerned that a loose standard could mean fewer opportunities for students with disabilities to earn a regular diploma.

The graduation rate is included in calculations by the federal government to determine if a high school, district or the state clears the performance hurdle set under the No Child Left Behind law, the sweeping education reform that imposes increasingly severe penalties for coming up short.

Kelly Edington, head of the Idaho Virtual Academy, released a statement sharing that virtual schools serve only about one percent of public school students in the state (1.7 or so), and pointed to the new federal guidelines requiring a four - year cohort graduation calculation as the reason for the overall drop in graduation rates from previous years.

States will be required to incorporate students in juvenile justice facilities in a school's graduation rate calculation.

Members of the Public Schools Accountability Act Advisory Committee said one key issue that still remains to be worked out is the weighted emphasis graduation rates will be given within the overall API calculation as the state moves to reduce the import of test results and factor in other measures indicative of student success.

IDRA's calculation includes the graduation rates of all charter schools, including those that have asked the state to be rated under alternative standards.

Among their top concerns are the incorporation of super subgroups within state accountability systems, graduation rate calculations that include students who receive GEDs, and a lack of transparency and clarity about schools» performance.

In addition to requiring that states use a standard, accurate calculation of the high school graduation rate, the regulations required states set ambitious goals to improve graduation rates and required school districts to intervene in high schools where students from low - income families, students of color, and other traditionally underserved students had consistently low graduation rates.