Graduation Rates and Unintended Consequences
Barring some significant overhaul, it’s not a stretch to think that including graduation rates in the next go-round will lead to the same lowering of standards we’re seeing in states to meet current NCLB requirements.
Ms. Cornelius at A Shrewdness of Apes contemplates the likely consequences given current high school completion rates.
Even before NCLB became law, many states attempted to reform school accountability. To be fully accredited by the state, minimum graduation rates were established that seemed pretty rigorous. Schools all around have allegedly met this standard and reeived accreditation. So why is it that classes of seniors eligible for graduation remain so much smaller than freshman classes?
Yeah, why? Ms. Cornelius lets you in on the secret.
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