Sentences with phrase «year graduation rate instead»

The plan calls for the state to use a four - year graduation rate instead of the traditional six - year - figure to help determine who gets what money.

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In this case, failing means student test scores are in the bottom 5 percent, test scores are getting worse instead of better, or the schools» graduation rates are below 60 percent for three consecutive years.

Instead, thousands of these students choose to attend nonselective four - year colleges, where graduation rates are distressingly low.

Students who attend alternative schools may graduate in five or six years instead of the four, which is the current figure that we are using to compare graduation rates.

D.C. graduation rates have increased over the last five years while enrollment has remained flat and demographics have remained largely the same, so the gains are more likely attributed to schools» efforts instead of population shifts.

Instead of paying up - front tuition you will sign an agreement to work for the company for a specified amount of time after graduation, usually around a year, at a slightly lower rate of pay in order to pay for the training.