To compare, North Carolina's
statewide cohort graduation rate is 77.9 percent, dropping to 71.5 percent for black students and 68.8 for Hispanic children — all levels that has been decried as unacceptable by state leaders of all political stripes.
Annually measures, for all students and separately for each subgroup of students, the following indicators: Academic achievement (which, for high schools, may include a measure of student growth, at the State's discretion); for elementary and middle schools, a measure of student growth, if determined appropriate by the State, or another valid and reliable
statewide academic indicator; for high schools, the four - year adjusted
cohort graduation rate and, at the State's discretion, the extended - year adjusted
cohort graduation rate; progress in achieving English language proficiency for English learners; and at least one valid, reliable, comparable,
statewide indicator of school quality or student success; and